Gangs also have left more than half a million Haitian homeless in recent years, and the level of violence has put some 1.6 million people at risk of starvation, according to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Violence worsened earlier this year when gangs launched coordinated attacks in late February. They opened fire on the main international airport, stormed more than two dozen police stations and broke into Haiti’s two biggest prisons, releasing more than 4,000 inmates.
The Kenyans’ arrival marks the fourth major foreign military intervention in Haiti. While some Haitians welcome them, others view the force with caution, given that the previous intervention — the U.N.’s 2004-2017 peacekeeping mission — was marred by allegations of sexual assault and the introduction of cholera, which killed nearly 10,000 people.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/kenya-led-police-force-arrives-haiti-tackle-gang-violence-rcna158974
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-07-16/200-additional-kenyan-police-arrive-in-haiti-in-un-backed-mission-to-fight-criminal-gangs
Representatives of La Via Campesina in Haiti have noted that since their arrival, Kenyan troops have remained inactive, stationed at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, the government palace, or moving to other regions, without intervening to combat gang violence.
https://viacampesina.org/en/ground-report-haiti-in-struggle-kenyan-troops-in-haiti-and-peasant-resistance/
Representatives of La Via Campesina in Haiti have noted that since their arrival, Kenyan troops have remained inactive, stationed at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, the government palace, or moving to other regions, without intervening to combat gang violence.
https://viacampesina.org/en/ground-report-haiti-in-struggle-kenyan-troops-in-haiti-and-peasant-resistance/
the Haitian National Police (PNH) received Toyota armored military vehicles ordered in October 2023 by the Government of Ariel Henry from the United Arab Emirates.
Additionally, as part of the U.S. assistance, U.S. Army Southern Command announced in a statement that it began delivering on Friday, August 23, 2024, by U.S. Air Force C-17 Cargo aircraft for the Kenyan-led Mission the first of 24 additional MaxxPro MRAP Mine Resistant Ambush Protected armored vehicles, which will be in addition to the existing fleet of 10 MaxxPros already provided to the Mission by the United States and which are being used to support HNP operations in areas affected by widespread gang violence.
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