Trump's utopia: Gangs take over Haiti.

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Soldiers have been deployed to defend the airport of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, from an assault by armed gangs.

Witnesses reported hearing shots ringing out in the vicinity of Toussaint Louverture Airport as security forces clashed with armed men.

The gangs' aim is to prevent the return to Haiti of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who is believed to be abroad.

Violence has spiralled in his absence with the gangs demanding he resign.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-68478718
 
Haiti's national police force - which according to 2023 figures only has 9,000 active-duty officers in the country of 11 million inhabitants - has struggled to confront the gangs, which are well armed with high-powered weapons smuggled in from the US.

Eighty percent of the capital is now estimated to be under gang control and the people living in these areas face "inhuman" levels of violence, according to the United Nations' humanitarian co-ordinator, Ulrika Richardson.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-68466563
 
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