Haiti’s transitional government began with 15 deaths and several injuries in just four days, a fact that shows that gangs are and will be its real headache.
The gang coalition called Viv Ansanm, which was apparently taking precautions prior to the arrival of foreign troops in the second half of June, made headlines by killing 12 people and injuring several citizens.
Residents who support the police marched alongside armored personnel carriers on June 11 and when they least expected it, a rain of fire from automatic weapons left a bloodbath in the town of Delmas 24.
Those neighbors who had left from the Sorino area went alongside the agents with sticks, stones and bottles.
Nothing happened to the armored car of the Haitian National Police, and the crew escaped unharmed from the closed fire of the thugs, the digital newspaper commented. Le Facteur Haiti.
Previously, the National Police Union of Haiti officially reported that three agents from a specialized command lost their lives and a fourth was injured in a gang ambush.
The members of the Temporary Anti-Gang Unit were carrying out a routine surveillance when they were attacked by a criminal gang, which had previously dug a hole for the armored vehicle to fall into, which was looted and set on fire.
The incident occurred in the area of Delmas 18, and in addition to the fallen agents, a fourth was injured in the exchange of shots with the criminals.
Jimmy Chérizier, alias Barbecue, claimed responsibility for this attack on his territory.
Barbecue’s men took the assault rifles, magazines and ammunition from the dead agents.
These bloody events occurred precisely in the week in which the ministerial team was announced and he officially assumed his duties the day before.
