Haiti’s La Chapelle falls under gang control as police station torched and town sealed off

Haiti’s La Chapelle falls under gang control as police station torched and town sealed off

Editor’s Note: This is a developing story. It will be updated as more details become available. PORT-AU-PRINCE —  La Chapelle, a commune in Haiti’s lower Artibonite Department, fell to gang control early Sunday morning, June 22, after armed men from the “Talibans” group based in Canaan—a neighborhood in Port-au-Prince—launched a pre-dawn assault. The assailants set fire to the police station, including units of the Anti-Gang Tactical Unit (UTAG)…