The UN chief calls for a robust international police force to help combat Haiti's armed gangs

The UN chief calls for a robust international police force to help combat Haiti’s armed gangs

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Thursday for a robust international force to help combat Haiti’s armed gangs and restore security in the impoverished nation, saying that a U.N. expert’s estimate that Haiti needs up to 2,000 additional anti-gang police officers is no exaggeration. Stressing that the U.N. is not calling for a military force or a political mission, Guterres appealed to U.N. Security Council memb…

UN chief calls for a robust international police force to help combat Haiti's armed gangs

He told reporters Thursday that a U.N. expert's call for between 1,000 and 2,000 police officers trained to deal with gang warfare is not an exaggeration of the numbers needed.

UN chief says Haiti’s gangs have ‘stranglehold’, international police force needed - National

The Caribbean nation has been asking for such a force since last October, and Guterres has been looking for a country to lead the deployment.

U.N. chief calls for international police force in Haiti to break "stranglehold" of armed gangs

"The Haitian people are trapped in a living nightmare," said U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, calling for a robust international force to help restore security.

The UN chief calls for a robust international police force to help combat Haiti's armed gangs

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Thursday for a robust international force to help combat Haiti's armed gangs and restore security in the impoverished nation, saying that a U.N. expert's estimate that Haiti needs up to 2,000 additional anti-gang police officers is no exaggeration.

Th UN chief calls for a robust international police force to help combat Haiti's armed gangs

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Thursday for a robust international force to help combat Haiti’s armed gangs and restore security in the impoverished nation, saying that […]