UN chief Guterres visits Haiti as gang violence surges
Key takeaways
- UN Secretary General António Guterres visited Haiti on Tuesday as gang violence deepens a humanitarian crisis, with more than one in 10 Haitians displaced.
- New statistics released by the UN reveal that 2,300 people have been killed across Haitiso far this year, with another 100 kidnapped, while 1.5 million have been displaced.
- His convoy sped past a neighborhood once fully controlled by gangs that left in their wake decimated car dealerships, abandoned homes and dozens of concrete buildings pockmarked with bullet holes.
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UN Secretary General António Guterres visited Haiti on Tuesday as gang violence deepens a humanitarian crisis, with more than one in 10 Haitians displaced. The United Nations said 2,300 people have been killed and 100 kidnapped this year, while 1.5 million have been forced from their homes, including a senior defense ministry official abducted last week.
By: FRANCE 24 UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres meets with Chadian soldiers of the international Gang Suppression Force camp in Port-au-Prince during his visit to Haiti © Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS, AFP UN Secretary General António Guterres visited Haiti on Tuesday, where surging gang violence has left more than 1 in 10 people homeless.
New statistics released by the UN reveal that 2,300 people have been killed across Haitiso far this year, with another 100 kidnapped, while 1.5 million have been displaced. Among those abducted is James Boyard, cabinet director of the Defense Ministry, who was kidnapped last week in one of the few relatively safe areas of the capital.