A member of the Haitian National Police takes cover behind a police vehicle on April 28 as gun battles between rival gangs have forced residents of Port-au-Prince to flee their homes. Dominican Republic is pressing Haiti to launch an “immediate investigation” into the “apparent” kidnapping of one of its diplomats in a neighborhood east of Port-au-Prince that has been wrecked by violent armed gangs that are increasingly tightening their grip on the country.
No group has been immune from abduction. Priests delivering sermons, entire busloads of Haitians, foreigners and even police officers have been swept up. Analysts say those police who aren’t compromised by the gangs are increasingly outmatched and outgunned by them.
Haiti’s civil protection agency said last week that at least 20 civilians have been killed in the worsening violence. They included a family of eight and three young children. A dozen homes were torched. Hundreds ofhave been displaced and businesses and schools were closed. A stray bullet hit a United Nations helicopter.Violent gangs have taken
control of a key artery leading from Port-au-Prince to southern Haiti, effectively cutting off a region still reeling from a devastating earthquake last year that killed more than 2,000 people and injured scores more. Analysts fear that the latest gang violence will compromise access to the main roads leading to northern Haiti, further isolating the capital.
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