The federal government of Haiti says police have launched a large-scale operation in a shantytown managed by highly effective gang chief Jimmy Chérizier, who’s broadly generally known as Barbecue.
The authorities say a number of gang members have been killed within the Decrease Delmas space of the capital Port-au-Prince.
Native studies say army drones carrying explosives are getting used within the operation.
Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé praised the assault. He stated it was the work of a particular process power created two days in the past to deal with insecurity.
Chérizier, aged 47, is the scary chief of Viv Ansam (Dwell Collectively), a coalition of gangs that management a lot of town.
It isn’t clear whether or not Kenyan cops deployed in Haiti final yr to assist struggle the gangs are concerned within the safety operation.
Final week, a Kenyan police officer – who was on patrol with the Kenyan-led Multinational Safety Assist mission – was killed in a confrontation with gang members.
Gang management in Port-au-Prince has led to an nearly full breakdown of regulation and order, the collapse of well being companies and emergence of a meals safety disaster.
Greater than 5,500 individuals have been killed in gang-related violence within the Caribbean nation in 2024 and greater than 1,000,000 individuals have fled their houses.
Haiti’s transitional presidential council, the physique created to re-establish democratic order, has made little progress in the direction of organising long-delayed elections.