Gang violence in Haiti at record levels amid criticisms US has no ‘clear strategy’
United Nations says more than 5,600 people were killed in 2024 due to gang violence
Haiti sees worsened gang violence
UN warns crisis in Haiti is escalating as gang violence across the country continues to worsen. (Video courtesy of AP, thumb courtesy of Reuters)
Violence in Haiti continues as gangs wreak havoc in Port-au-Prince in March 2024. (Project Dynamo)
Police from Kenya stand on the tarmac of the Toussaint Louverture International Airport after landing in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. The first U.N.-backed contingent of foreign police arrived nearly two years after the Caribbean country requested help to quell a surge in gang violence. (AP Photo/Marckinson Pierre)
Gang Leader Jimmy "Barbecue" Cherizier patrolling the streets with G-9 federation gang members in the Delmas 3 area on Feb. 22, 2024 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Photo by Giles Clarke/Getty Images)