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Gangs Wielding American Guns Await US Marines Heading to Haiti
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Gangs wielding American guns await US Marines heading to Haiti
By Jim Wyss, Bloomberg News Additional U.S. Marines being sent to Haiti to defend the embassy from gang attacks face a grim reality: They’re increasingly being targeted by American-made, military-grade firearms. Haiti doesn’t manufacture weapons and has been under an arms embargo since 2022, but it’s awash in guns. And the Government Accountability Office says 90% of all weapons in Haiti used in a crime were US sourced. It’s not just simple hand…
·Hartford, United States
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The state has lost the monopoly of violence in large parts of Haiti, the capital is controlled by gangs, and they secure their power with weapons - mainly from the USA. M.-K. Boese and A. Demmer.
·Hamburg, Germany
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