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Guatemalan forces arrive in Haiti to fight gangs (www.bbc.com)

submitted 6 months ago by Domino to c/world@quokk.au

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A first group of 75 soldiers arrived on Friday and another 75 on Saturday, all drafted from the military police, according to Guatemala's government.

A state of emergency has been in place across the Caribbean nation for months as the government battles violent gangs that have taken control of much of the capital Port-au-Prince.

The forces are in Haiti to boost a United Nations-backed security mission led by Kenya that has so far failed to prevent violence from escalating.

Kenya sent nearly 400 police officers in June and July last year to help combat the gangs.

This was the first tranche of a UN-approved international force that will be made up of 2,500 officers from various countries.

A small number of forces from Jamaica, Belize and El Salvador are also in Haiti as part of the mission and the US is the operation's largest funder.

In March 2024, armed gangs stormed Haiti's two biggest prisons, freeing around 3,700 inmates.

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[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I'm not sure what they're expected to do when so outnumbered.

Edit: by "they" I mean the entire UN force. From another BBC article:

In July, Haiti's government estimated there were 12,000 armed gang members in the country.

In urban warfare, the defender has an enormous advantage.