The latest attacks occurred a day after gangs shot up an armored vehicle belonging to the U.S. Embassy in Haiti.
The National Police Service officers under the Multinational Security Support (MSS) Mission in Haiti have handed over the Third Forwarded Operating Base to Guatemala troops, who are part of the peace mission.
Dr. Michael Anello is the Executive Director of the Haiti Reforestation Partnership.
Gang violence in Haiti has led to the displacement of more than 700,000 people, forcing them to flee their homes for safety. Critics fault U.S. strategy amid escalating unrest.
The young boy wore a suit and bow tie to his stepfather’s funeral on Saturday, where he demanded a handkerchief and wiped tears off his mother’s face as they buried Marckendy Natoux, one of two journalists killed by gangs in Haiti.
The first of two journalists recently killed by gangs while covering the failed reopening of Haiti’s largest public hospital has been buried.
During a confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Rubio told his fellow U.S. Senators that there is no easy answer in Haiti, where violence by armed gangs continues unabated.
The Ministry of Interior has promised to send additional officers from GSU, ASTU, and an all-female Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team to Haiti.
Rubio’s remarks are the first high-level signal of Trump’s burgeoning policy toward one of the most pressing and intractable crises in the Western Hemisphere.
It's estimated over half a million weapons are in Haiti, many trafficked illegally from the U.S. Officials are working to disrupt these networks, but the flow of guns continues to ravage the nation.
The U.N. migration agency says internal displacement within Haiti has tripled over the last year and now surpasses 1 million people.