The country’s police force is in revolt after the government failed to protect them from criminal gangs that have overrun the country
and gangs control two-thirds of the capital. In their wake, the criminals have left unprecedented hunger, rampant human rights abuses and a deadly outbreak of cholera.“Police officers feel the authorities do not care about their lives and taking to the street is the only way to be heard,”said Francisco Occil, spokesperson for Synapoha, a police union.
The six officers, killed in the shootout with the Savien gang in the town of Liancourt, bring the total number of officers killed in January to 15. At least 54 officers were killed by the gangs in 2022. The Caribbean nation has only 9,500 police officers serving its population of 12 million and they must fulfil many security roles, including those of the army. Haiti’s military was disbanded in 1995 for launching a series of coups and committing human rights abuses.
When the latest killings were met by silence from public officials it added to officers’ suspicions that they are viewed by elites as cannon fodder.
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