Published: TUESDAY December 17, 2024: 'INTERVENTION: Haiti's Growing Chaos' by ZUMA Press photographer in Haiti Patrice Noel: Last week 184 people were killed in the Haitian capital, as Port-au-Prince was rocked by a spike in gang violence that pushed the death toll from Haiti's spiraling security crisis to at least 5,000. Attempts by the Kenya led Multinational Security Mission to quell the violence have so far failed. The international force arrived in Haiti in June to bolster the Haitian National Police but is underfunded and lacks the necessary equipment to take on the heavily armed gangs. Meanwhile, the Transitional Presidential Council (TPC) the body created to organize elections and re-establish order, appears to be in turmoil. The TPC replaced the interim prime minister last month and has made little progress. It remains to be seen if Caribbean leaders can salvage Haiti's transition and help get the country back on the road to organizing free and fair elections. Welcome to 'INTERVENTION: Haiti's Growing Chaos'
© zReportage.com Issue #968 Story of the Week: Published: TUESDAY December 17, 2024: 'INTERVENTION: Haiti's Growing Chaos' by ZUMA Press photographer in Haiti Patrice Noel: Last week 184 people were killed in the Haitian capital, as Port-au-Prince was rocked by a spike in gang violence that pushed the death toll from Haiti's spiraling security crisis to at least 5,000. Attempts by the Kenya led Multinational Security Mission to quell the violence have so far failed. The international force arrived in Haiti in June to bolster the Haitian National Police but is underfunded and lacks the necessary equipment to take on the heavily armed gangs. Meanwhile, the Transitional Presidential Council (TPC the body created to organize elections and re-establish order, appears to be in turmoil. The TPC replaced the interim prime minister last month and has made little progress. It remains to be seen if Caribbean leaders can salvage Haiti's transition and help get the country back on the road to organizing free and fair elections. Welcome to 'INTERVENTION: Haiti's Growing Chaos'

Haitian locals walk past shooting victims laying in the street after a gang attack. The country has been convulsed by gang violence that has left more than 12,000 people dead and forced nearly 800,000 from their homes.
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Kenyan police force in Haiti prepare for a Multinational Security Support (MSS) operation to fight the armed gangs. The crisis has only deepened since the international policing contingent arrived in the Caribbean nation.
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A Haitian police officer peers from the security of an armored vehicle during a Multinational Security Support (MSS) and local police operation against the Haitian armed gangs that still control much of Port-au-Prince.
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Bullets fly as Haitian police and MSS conduct an operation against armed gangs in Port-au-Prince. Insecurity in Haiti is rising again, forcing embassies and United Nations agencies to evacuate the capital amid gang violence.
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An armed gang member points a shotgun as gangs operate while Haitians participate in the gede voodoo Day events in Port-au-Prince.
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A drone is launched during a Haitian police and Multinational Security Support (MSS) operation against armed gangs who currently control much of the Haitian capital.
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Haitian 'gede' voodoo Day under armed gangs control at Port-au-prince Haiti. Since Haiti's last president was assassinated more than three years ago, the country has been convulsed by gang violence that has left more than 12,000 people dead and forced nearly 800,000 from their homes.
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A man walks in the street with a USAID sack on his head as people flee their homes due to armed gang attacks in Port-au-Prince.
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Locals participate during Haitian gede voodoo Day under armed gangs control at Port-au-prince Haiti.
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Human remains are displayed during the Haitian gede voodoo Day which took place under armed gang control of Port-au-prince.
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A view of the natural harbor in Port-au-Prince. Surging gang violence, a health infrastructure in ruins and a government with no elected leaders and unable to reverse the country's slide, have set off an exodus of people seeking security and livelihoods.
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The violence of armed gangs in Haiti has forced the population to seek less dangerous means of transport for their survival. Many use boats to move people and goods from the south of the country to the capital, Port-au-Prince.
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Haitians from the Dominican Republic arrive back in Haiti after deportation from the neighboring country. Relations between the countries on the island of Hispaniola have long been frosty. They are now complicated by up to 10,000 deportations a week.
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Haitian Police during operations to secure the National Palace at Port-au-Prince. The international force that arrived in Haiti in June to bolster the Haitian National Police but is underfunded and lacks the necessary equipment to take on the heavily armed gangs.
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Haitian people fleeing their homes with whatever they can carry amid ongoing gang attacks in Port-au-Prince.
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Local residents walk past destroyed vehicles in the street as Gang violence continues unabated in Port-au-Prince.
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Press conference of the Haitian primer minister ALIX DIDIER FILS-AIME regarding the recent voodoo massacre by the armed gangs. Haiti's prime minister held his first press conference since being appointed to oversee the troubled Caribbean country. Local human rights groups have said 184 people, many elderly including Voodoo religious leaders, were killed in the community of Cite-Soleil by a gang leader seeking to avenge his son's death.
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Haitian police during ceremony on Battle of Vertieres Day in Haiti. Battle of Vertieres Day is a public holiday in the Republic of Haiti on November 18th each year and commemorates a decisive victory over the French led by Napoleon, in 1803.
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Gunshot victims receive medical treatment as gang violence continues unabated in Haiti.
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Police and family members carry the coffin during the funeral ceremony for a Haitian police officer killed during gang violence in Port-au-Prince.
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A mother grieves during the funeral ceremony for her son, a Haitian police officer killed amid gang violence in Haiti.
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