Haiti gangs keep up attacks in breadbasket region after massacre
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“National police said it was conducting operations in several parts of Artibonite on Tuesday.”
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“Residents of Jean-Denis counted 70 bodies on Sunday morning after an attack by the Gran Grif gang, the National Network for the Defense of Human Rights (RNDDH) said in a report, matching the estimates of the Defense Plus rights group but far above official estimates, which put the death toll at around 16.”
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Wikipedia entry on Haitian crisis (2018–present) does not mention the Jean-Denis attack, RNDDH report, or specific death toll figures.
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— The existing political, economic, and social crisis began with protests across cities in Haiti on 7 July 2018 in response to rising fuel prices. These protests gradually evolved into demands for the r…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_crisis_(2018–present)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_crisis_(2018–present)
“RNDDH said some 30 more people were wounded, and victims included infants, pregnant women, teenagers and an 80-year-old man.”
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Wikipedia entry does not reference injuries, demographics of victims, or RNDDH's specific claims about the attack.
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— The existing political, economic, and social crisis began with protests across cities in Haiti on 7 July 2018 in response to rising fuel prices. These protests gradually evolved into demands for the r…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_crisis_(2018–present)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_crisis_(2018–present)
“Armed men withdrew from Jean-Denis on Monday, RNDDH said, but on Tuesday they repositioned themselves in nearby Pont Benoit and were attempting to launch another offensive in the town of Marchand Dessalines, some 19 km (12 miles) north.”
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Wikipedia entry lacks details about armed group movements, repositioning, or planned offensives in Marchand Dessalines.
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— The existing political, economic, and social crisis began with protests across cities in Haiti on 7 July 2018 in response to rising fuel prices. These protests gradually evolved into demands for the r…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_crisis_(2018–present)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_crisis_(2018–present)
“Videos shared on social media showed armed men reportedly belonging to the Kokorat San Ras gang, a close ally of the powerful Gran Grif, distributing cash to residents in Marchand Dessalines. Gran Grif has been designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. and the neighboring Dominican Republic.”
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“Residents told Reuters local self-defense brigades did not have the firepower to hold off the gangs, which would wait during the day when police were present but begin shooting and setting fire to buildings at night.”
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“RNDDH, whose report followed interviews with local authorities, police and residents, said Gran Grif's attack on Jean-Denis followed weeks of threats and residents did not flee because they believed the self-defense brigade would protect them.”
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“The self-defense brigade however withdrew as they did not have the firepower to hold off the attack, RNDDH said.”
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“The police response was limited, it noted, with armored vehicles that managed to reach the scene staying just a few hours before withdrawing and returning on Monday.”
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“Local authorities told the rights group most of their armored vehicles were out of service, some because of battery issues that required help from mechanics based in Port-au-Prince, and that units belonging to the U.N.-backed security force had to await authorization from the capital before deploying.”
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“Meanwhile on Tuesday, Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime received a U.N. delegation with whom he discussed the arrival of an expanded mission of a so far only partially deployed security force, which has suffered from lack of equipment, troops and funds.”
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“In a report the same day, U.S.-based nonprofit IJDH criticized state and international measures that it said prioritized short-term militarized responses while cutting aid, mass deporting migrants and relying on non-state actors - including a U.S. private military company and the self-defense brigades - which are both accused of extrajudicial killings.”
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“Haiti's already catastrophic social and economic landscape has deteriorated further,”
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“it said, adding neither the prime minister nor the U.N.-backed deployment 'appears set up to transform the dynamics underlying the failures of their predecessors.'”
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