Haiti PM Turns to Military to Fight Gangs

HAITI – Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry says he intends to mobilize all of the country’s security forces in the fight against gang violence.

Haiti’s military was disbanded in 1995 but was reinstated by since assassinated President Jovenel Moïse in 2017, after the United Nations ended its peacekeeping operation in Haiti.

Since then, it has played a limited role.

Gangs control an estimated 60 percent of the capital of Port-au-Prince, and have killed hundreds of people in recent months to control more territory.