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2. January 2023 Port-au-Prince police killings - Wikipedia

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   Since the government's de facto collapse in 2018, Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince has become a hotbed of anarchic gang activity with brutal murders and spates of killing. This was exacerbated in 2021 by the assassination of Jovenel Moïse , leading most of the gangs in Port-au-Prince to ally with G9 or G-Pep . [1]

3. Gang war in Haiti - Wikipedia

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   Since 2020, Haiti 's capital Port-au-Prince has been the site of an ongoing gang war between two major criminal groups and their allies: the Revolutionary Forces of the G9 Family and Allies (FRG9 or G9) and the G-Pep. [2] [3] [13] The Government of Haiti and Haitian security forces have struggled to maintain their control of Port-au-Prince amid ...

4. Haiti declares state of emergency after mass prison escape - AOL

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   Protesters in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 1, 2024. - Ralph Tedy Erol/Reuters On Friday, Haitian gang leader Jimmy Cherizier, also known as Barbecue, said he would continue in his effort to try ...

5. Vigilantes battle gangs in Port-au-Prince as Haiti’s elites ...

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   Gangs have long haunted the residents of Port-au-Prince, but their reach has dramatically expanded over recent years, covering 80% of the city today, according to UN estimates.

6. Haiti’s main international airport reopens nearly three ...

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   DÁNICA COTO. May 20, 2024 at 1:03 PM. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s main international airport reopened Monday for the first time in nearly three months after relentless gang violence ...

7. Haitian National Police - Wikipedia

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   A member of the Haitian National Police Special Weapons And Tactics team (right) and a U.S. Marine (left) search an apartment complex in Port-au-Prince in 2004. The Haitian National Police ( PNH; French: Police Nationale d'Haïti, lit. 'National Police of Haiti') is the law enforcement and de facto police force of Haiti.

8. Haiti's main port closes as gang violence spirals

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   Aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres estimates that at least 2,300 people were killed in the violence in 2023 in the Port-au-Prince neighbourhood of Cite Soleil alone, home to 9% of the capital's ...

9. Port-au-Prince - Wikipedia

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   Port-au-Prince (/ ˌ p ɔːr t oʊ ˈ p r ɪ n s / PORT oh PRINSS; French: [pɔʁ o pʁɛ̃s] ⓘ; Haitian Creole: Pòtoprens, [pɔtopɣɛ̃s]) is the capital and most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 1,200,000 in 2022 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. [2]