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2024-03-22 Caribbean-Latin America
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Vigilantes set gang members on fire, drag them through the streets and hack off victim's hands as violence continues to spiral out of control in Haiti
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| The police actually exist to protect criminals from an infuriated public. |
Kinda like here in Bidenland, huh?
 [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Haiti's horrific descent into lawlessness following the resignation of embattled Prime Minister Ariel Henry amid mounting pressure from gangs has been captured in graphic new detail.
Bodies were seen littering the streets in a series of shocking images this week, with journalists reporting they saw two suspected gang members, including a leader known as Makandal, killed and set on fire. Other footage showed corpses dragged and left to rot in the street by furious vigilante movements, with one man having had his hands cut off.
The Caribbean island nation has long been wracked by gang violence, but this has spiralled out of control in recent days amid the absence of the state, while enraged citizens seek to hunt down gang members in an outburst of vigilante justice.
Armed groups launched new attacks in the suburbs of Port-au-Prince early Wednesday, with heavy gunfire echoing across once-peaceful communities near the Haitian capital.
But several suspected gang members were killed during an attack on the Petion-Ville neighbourhood on the southern outskirts of the city by desperate locals seeking to protect their families and livelihoods.
Almost a year ago, a group of Port-au-Prince residents lynched and set fire to around a dozen men believed to be gang members launching what became known as the Bwa Kale movement, a vigilante justice organisation.
Rights groups say such movements have been bolstered by members of Haiti's woefully under-resourced and underpowered police force who lost faith in the government's ability to crack down on gangs.
Earlier on Wednesday, Le Nouvelliste reported at least 15 people had been killed in attacks around Petion-Ville, home to several upscale hotels as well as around a dozen embassies.
Residents there barricaded themselves inside their homes while armed men carried out fresh attacks east of the city with the violence forcing banks, schools and businesses to close.
Petion-Ville is close to hotels that gang leader Jimmy 'Barbeque' Cherizier threatened last week, saying he would go after hotel owners hiding old-guard politicians.
In a bid to tame the lawlessness that has increasingly gripped the country since its former president was assassinated in 2021, a presidential transition council has been brokered by international leaders but its makeup remains unclear and gangs have threatened politicians who take part.
US officials said last week they expected the council's makeup to be defined within a couple of days, but some factions tapped for representation rejected the plan or were unable to unite behind one leader.
Those left out have criticized the council as empowering members of groups they considered to be corrupt.
Meanwhile, security has been bolstered at embassies, while some nations have launched evacuations of foreign nationals.
On Tuesday, the neighbouring Dominican Republic said it had evacuated close to 300 people, including personnel from the European Union, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
With the airport closed, the US said it was evacuating its citizens by helicopter.
Across the city in Carrefour Feuilles, an alleged gang leader on Tuesday rallied supporters in a bid to retake control of the zone after heavy fighting forced thousands from their homes last August.
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