Exclusive report: Inside the brutal war between gangs and police in Haiti's capital
Haiti has been in the grips of a renewed crisis ever since heavily-armed gangs formed an alliance this February and forced Ariel Henry to step down as prime minister. Haiti has long been plagued by gang violence, with armed groups fostered in the shadows by power-hungry political and economic elites. But now more than 80 percent of Haiti’s capital is controlled by the alliance of armed groups, and they’re vowing they won’t lay down their arms unless they get a seat at the negotiating table. Left battling the gangs is Haiti’s under-resourced police, which is less well-armed than the gangs and often accused itself of rampant corruption. FRANCE 24’s Catherine Norris Trent and Roméo Langlois went on patrol with UTAG, a specially formed anti-gang unit of Haiti’s police. They bring us this exclusive report from Port-au-Prince.
Haiti has been in the grips of a renewed crisis ever since heavily-armed gangs formed an alliance this February and forced Ariel Henry to step down as prime minister. Haiti has long been plagued by gang violence, with armed groups fostered in the shadows by power-hungry political and economic elites. But now more than 80 percent of Haiti’s capital is controlled by the alliance of armed groups, and they’re vowing they won’t lay down their arms unless they get a seat at the negotiating table. Left battling the gangs is Haiti’s under-resourced police, which is less well-armed than the gangs and often accused itself of rampant corruption. FRANCE 24’s Catherine Norris Trent and Roméo Langlois went on patrol with UTAG, a specially formed anti-gang unit of Haiti’s police. They bring us this exclusive report from Port-au-Prince.
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