Хаити обявява 3-месечно извънредно положение, тъй като бандите опустошават централния регион на страната

държавното управление на Хаити споделя, че ползва тримесечно изключително състояние в централния район на страната, защото насилието с бандата се пренасочва

районът - прочут като ориз кошница на Хаити - е бил подложен на офанзива през последните години, като банди са умъртвили фермерите или ги принуждават да изоставят полетата си, защото те са били наоколо. killed, more than 200 injured and 620 kidnapped in the Artibonite and Central departments and nearby areas.

Gang violence also has displaced more than 239,000 people in Haiti’s central region, according to the U.N. In late April, dozens of people waded and swam across the country’s largest river in a desperate attempt to flee gangs.

On Friday, the government appointed a new interim director general to oversee Haiti’s National Police, which is working with Kenyan police officers leading a U.N.-backed mission to help quell gang violence.

André Jonas Vladimir Paraison replaces former police director general Normil Rameau, who was criticized for his struggle to contain violence perpetrated by gangs that control up to 90% of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. Rameau had repeatedly warned about the department’s severe underfunding.

Paraison previously served as head of security of Haiti’s National Palace, and he was on duty as a police officer when former President Jovenel Moïse was killed at his private residence in July 2021.

The changes come as Laurent Saint-Cyr, a wealthy businessman, takes over as president of Haiti’s transitional presidential council, which е упрекнат в осъществяване на избори до февруари 2026 година