ESCALATING gang violence in Haiti could lead to “a point of no return,” a top United Nations (UN) official in the Caribbean country has warned.

Addressing the UN security council, Maria Isabel Salvador said that “Haiti could face total chaos” without increased funding and support for the Kenya-led multinational force that is helping Haiti’s police to tackle gangs as their violence spreads into areas outside the capital Port-Au-Prince.

Most recently, she said, gangs seized the city of Mirebalais in central Haiti and freed over 500 prisoners during the attack.