Posted on 12/03/2025 7:12:13 AM PST by DFG
Heavily armed gangs attacked Haiti’s central region over the weekend, killing men, women and children as they set fire to homes and forced survivors to flee into the darkness.
Police made emergency calls for backup, asserting that 50% of the Artibonite region had fallen under gang control after the large-scale attacks targeting towns including Bercy and Pont-Sondé.
“The population cannot live, cannot work, cannot move,” one of Haiti’s police unions, SPNH-17, said Sunday on X. “Losing the country’s 2 largest departments — West and Artibonite — is the greatest security failure in modern Haitian history.”
The bulk of Haiti’s police force and the Kenyan officers leading a U.N.-backed mission to help repel gangs are in the capital, Port-au-Prince, which itself is largely held by gangs.
Guerby Simeus, a Pont-Sondé official, told The Associated Press by phone on Monday that he had confirmed nearly a dozen deaths, including a mother and her child and a local government employee.
“The gangs are still in Pont-Sondé,” he said, noting that no additional police had arrived.
A run for the coast
Many survivors fled to the coastal town of Saint-Marc, where hundreds of angry people on Monday demanded that the government take action against gangs who have repeatedly attacked Haiti’s central region.
“Give me the guns! I’m going to fight the gangs!” said Réné Charles, who survived the attack. “We’ve got to stand up and fight!”
The crowd tried to break into the mayor’s office with one unidentified man telling the AP that they weren’t going to rely on the government any longer: “We’re going to take justice into our own hands!”
Charlesma Jean Marcos, a political activist, said the gang announced last week that they were going to invade the area, and that they alerted authorities to no avail.
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Didn’t the Clinton Foundation “save” Haiti?
This could be any liberal city in America
Let them eat each other without our Anglo colonialist cultural expectations being imposed on their traditions and norms.
It’s only a few apartment buildings.
Yep, I think Bill Clinton is the Haitian Governor
Dear fence-sitters,
This is exactly the sorts of people Democrats want to bring into this country by the millions.
Do you want that?
Thanks.
Lemme guess. We can no longer deport Haitian illegals and we need to send in the Marines to make Haiti Great Again, and we urgently need to drop a billion into the Clinton Foundation?
Civilian ownership of firearms is highly regulated: individuals must be at least 18 years old and obtain express authorization from the Haiti Armed Forces to possess a firearm and corresponding ammunition.
Licenses to carry firearms are issued by the Chief of Police after approval from the armed forces and are valid for one fiscal year.
For personal defense within their residence, civilians may possess certain firearms, including single-shot revolvers or pistols not exceeding .45 caliber (11.43 mm), specific long guns (.12, .16, .20, and .410 gauge), and air rifles and revolvers, provided they declare possession to the police. However, the carrying or possession of firearms, ammunition, and dangerous weapons is strictly prohibited without a license or specific authorization, with violations punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of up to 5,000 gourdes.
Automatic firearms of any caliber are strictly prohibited, defined as any firearm capable of discharging more than one projectile with a single trigger pull.
Additionally, incendiary and explosive bullets are banned.
Despite these laws, enforcement remains weak, and the vast majority of firearms in circulation are believed to be illegal. Since 2023, a UN-authorized arms embargo has banned the importation of firearms into Haiti, except for those designated for use by the Haitian government or UN-authorized security forces. Nevertheless, hundreds of thousands of guns are believed to be in the hands of gangs, which control much of Port-au-Prince and use firearms to exert power, commit human rights violations, and spread terror.
Most of these weapons are smuggled into the country, primarily from the United States, facilitated by weak U.S. gun laws and inadequate federal oversight on trafficking. Firearms such as .50 caliber rifles and other military-grade weapons, which are not manufactured in Haiti, are commonly trafficked from the U.S..
Efforts to curb trafficking include calls from U.S. lawmakers for increased interagency coordination, stricter package screening, expanded firearm tracing programs, and the implementation of measures like the “Demand Letter 3” program in key states such as Florida. There is also advocacy for stronger U.S. action to stop illegal arms flows to Haiti, including legislative and executive measures to prevent gun manufacturers and dealers from contributing to trafficking. Meanwhile, non-industrial production methods such as craft-made, 3D-printed, or converted blank guns are emerging as an increasing threat within Haiti.
Haitians, Venezuelan gang members, scumbag Somalians, Middle Easterners with ties to terrorist organizations...salt of the earth, I tell you....
Haitians, Venezuelan gang members, scumbag Somalians, Middle Easterners with ties to terrorist organizations....
....and Methodists!
Sad but true.
And people around the world wonder why Americans fight so hard to preserve the 2nd Amendment.
So much for the Leftist mantra of ending gun violence.
Gee, perfectly timed with our efforts to send them back.
Funny how that works.
Pretty sure the money went to where it would do the most good. Called Chappaqua (sp?) IIRC. Guess more gun control will be in order. 🙄
According to the braindead lefties, yes.
Why? I read the article and missed the “why”.
Why did the gangs attack? What do they want to gain?
Is there goal economic, political, religious?
Luckily they were in the headquarters element where they weren't going to get anybody killed.
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