Haiti is enlisting the help of mercenaries in its battle against gang violence

Haiti is enlisting the help of mercenaries in its battle against gang violence

When state institutions crumble under the weight of chaos, desperate governments sometimes turn to controversial solutions. In Haiti, where gang violence has transformed the capital, Port-au-Prince, into a war zone and left over 5,600 people dead in 2024 alone, the government has made a striking decision to hire a private army to restore order. Haiti’s interim government signed a deal in March with Vectus Global, a firm founded by American priva…