Posted on 06/08/2021 6:43:56 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
Gangs raided multiple police stations for weapons in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, in deadly attacks over the weekend as violence between armed groups flared, with intense conflict in one southern neighborhood forcing thousands to flee.
The gangs have proliferated in the poorest country in the Americas over the past few years during a period of political unrest and growing economic misery. Armed groups increasingly outgun Haiti's security forces and fight with one another over territory.
The United Nations said on Sunday it was "profoundly worried" about the impact of the growing violence on civilians, recalling similar incidents over the past year that forced thousands to flee.
Haiti is also facing a surge in COVID-19 cases and is bracing for a referendum at the end of June over a new constitution.
Attackers raided six police stations over the weekend, killing three police officers and burning their bodies in one attack, local news outlets reported. In another, a police inspector who refused to hand over weapons was shot to death.
The head of the national police, Leon Charles, confirmed two of the attacks and the inspector's death, telling a news conference on Sunday that authorities were intensifying efforts to combat the gangs.
He said police had restored control of a highway leading south from the capital that had been blocked by gang warfare around the troubled neighborhood of Martissant since last Wednesday.
The latest flare-up appeared to have killed about 10 people - including civilians - and forced thousands to flee the area as assailants torched homes and businesses, the office of civil protection said in a statement.
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The Tonton Macoute?
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In 1804, a mass killing occurred in Haiti. The Haitian Massacre was an organized cleansing that was carried out against the remaining white population of French Creoles by the order of Jean-Jacques Dessalines. The massacre, which took place in the entire territory of Haiti, was carried out from early February 1804 until April 22, 1804, and resulted in the deaths of between 3,000 and 5,000 people of all ages and genders.Soldiers went from door to door, torturing and killing entire families. Whites who had been cordial and helpful towards the black population were also killed. The second wave of murders followed, during which all white women and children were killed. The argument for killing the women was that whites would not truly be eradicated if the white women were spared to give birth to new Frenchmen.
...and the result is anarchy, violence, starvation and death.
Who knows? Tonton Macoutes, FRAPH, or anyone else.
Haiti is such a mess.
We need to stay far, far away from it. Not our circus. Not our monkeys.
Maybe!
or...ship all the commies down there with the promise of riches and perv delights! Hillary will be in charge!
“We need to stay far, far away from it. Not our circus. Not our monkeys.”
We can’t stay away. There’s too much virtue signaling to be had down there.
Neah.
I wouldn’t send even people I hated to Haiti.
Not to mention, the Haitians have enough problem without us shipping them our problems. They really don’t deserve anymore problems.
I’d rather send ‘em to Zimbabwe or Venezuela.
My ‘virtue signaling’ is that we’ve made enough of a mess by intervening in Haiti. Leave ‘em along to work things out.
When a nation makes witchcraft its national religion, it deserves the fruit it brings.
Exactly. We’ve financed some tyrants, our help hurts. Sending food is the only intervention I support.
This could actually be happening is the USA from time to time.
It’s not like the media would report it.
John Dillinger raided police stations for weapons a few times, but it eventually ended badly for him.
Shitehole.
They’ve been gone since my time there....80s
We should have left Cedras in power
So stupid as usual
“Leave ‘em along to work things out.”
They’ll bring more of them here for their invaluable contribution to diversity.
The gunmen - whose faces cannot be made out - can be heard yelling that they were the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
In videos circulating on social media that Reuters was not able to verify, the gunmen - whose faces cannot be made out - can be heard yelling that they were the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as they entered Moise’s guarded residence under cover of nightfall before bursts of shots rang out.
Haiti’s ambassador to the United States, Bocchit Edmond, confirmed the gunmen had falsely identified themselves as DEA agents. He told Reuters in an interview Haitian authorities would welcome U.S. security assistance in the wake of the assassination.
A U.S. government source denied the DEA had anything to do with the assassination.
Excerpted from:
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/haitian-president-shot-dead-home-overnight-pm-2021-07-07/
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