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Haitian gang violence spreads from Port-au-Prince to rural areas
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized CrimeHI·HT·about 3 hours ago
A new massacre occurred on the night of August 23-24 in the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, highlighting a pattern where gang violence decreases in one neighborhood only to surge in another. Researcher Frédéric Thomas critiques the authorities' and international community's strategy, which has failed to curb the gangs' territorial expansion. The shifting nature of violence complicates containment efforts and underscores the fragility of security gains.