Haiti's growing gang violence is devastating lives as aid desperately needed
Haitian migrants wade across the Tuquesa river after trekking through the Darien Gap in Bajo Chiquito, Panama, October 4, 2023
HAITI’S growing gang violence is devastating lives, with major crimes rising to a new high, the United Nations special envoy for the conflict-wracked Caribbean nation has warned.
Maria Isabel Salvador told the UN security council on Monday that gangs engage in killings, sexual violence and kidnapping on a daily basis.
She pointed to last week’s incident in which gang members dressed as police officers kidnapped the secretary-general of the High Transitional Council.
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