MIAMI, FLORIDA - AUGUST 17: Some of the weapons Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Miami, and its law enforcement partners recently confiscated lay on a table during a press conference at their Field Office to announce a crackdown on the smuggling of firearms and ammunition to Haiti and other Caribbean nations on August 17, 2022 in Miami, Florida. The crackdown targets the illegal movement of U.S.-origin firearms, ammunition, and explosive weapons to prevent them from being purchased by drug cartels, terrorists, transnational criminal organizations, and individuals that utilize the guns to facilitate illegal activity and acts of violence. Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by JOE RAEDLE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Gang members in Haiti killed 12 people and burned down houses in a town near the capital, an official said Wednesday.
Police and residents had ejected gangsters from the town of Cabaret north of Port-au-Prince several days ago but they returned and attacked Tuesday night, said Mayor Joseph Jeanson Guillaume.
“This morning we found several charred bodies,” the mayor told AFP.
Powerful and heavily armed Gangs that control much of Haiti have been targeting Cabaret for months.
Cabaret sits along a major road, meaning attacks on it disrupt traffic and trade, said the mayor.
Haiti has been mired in an economic, political and public safety crisis for years.
The assassination of president Jovenel Moise in July 2021 exacerbated the crises, as gangs grew in strength and territorial control.
Police are outnumbered, with the United Nations saying there were 13,000 officers in the force as of September — one for every 1,000 people.
Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas, formally requested international assistance in October to help it regain control but nothing has come of the appeal.
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