‘Specialized support force’ urged for Caribbean state where 530 have been killed in gang-led violence so far this year
has called for the deployment of an international “specialized support force” to impede Haiti’s accelerating tumble into extreme violence after more than 530 people were killed in the opening weeks of this year.
The UN agency said that already this year its staff had counted 531 killings, 300 injuries and 277 kidnappings in gang-related incidents, mostly in Haiti’s gang-throttled capital, Port-au-Prince. Another country the US has reportedly sought to enlist for such a role is Brazil, which helped lead the 2004-2017 UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti, Minustah. However, speaking to the Guardian at the start of this year, Brazil’s new foreign minister, Mauro Vieira, appeared to rule out the South American country’s participation in a military response to what he admitted was a “massive, worsening crisis” in Haiti.
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