Haitian gangs escalate violence and expand attacks outside the capital, top UN official says

Situation in Haiti worsens amid ‘acute violence’ as UN support mission falters under gang violence

The gang violence in Haiti has gotten worse despite the deployment of U.N.-sanctioned international police officers, forcing mass displacement, hunger among millions and even famine for thousands of Haitians.

Gang violence taking turn for the worse in Haiti

The already critical situation in Haiti has been reported to have taken a turn for the worse this week as gangs up their grip in the Caribbean country, threatening government officials and seeking to expand their influence to the areas they still do not control, the United Nation’s Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) warned Tuesday. “The situation in Haiti has regrettably worsened,” BINUH Chief Maria Isabel Salvador said in a briefing to the UN Se

Haiti: UN warns of rising gang violence spreading ‘terror’

Gangs in have  and stretched operations outside the capital despite the  to bolster the police, the top United Nations official in the country warned on Tuesday. “The situation in Haiti has regrettably worsened,” Maria Isabel Salvador, the UN secretary-general’s special representative to Haiti, told the UN Security Council. Salvador said that more than 700,000 people are now displaced in the conflict-stricken country — which is a 22% rise over…

Haiti: UN warns of rising gang violence spreading 'terror'

Despite an international support mission to help Haiti's beleaguered police forces, the UN warns that gang activity is escalating out of control, including kidnappings of personnel from cargo shipping companies.

Gangs in Haiti are stepping up attacks on areas they don't yet control. On Tuesday, according to Reuters, the director of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), María Isabel Salvador, drew attention to this.

The UN has expressed particular concern for children, as in addition to making up almost 50% of internally displaced people, they often fall into the hands of gangs