Gangs fled a Haitian town as Kenya force moved in. But only for a day
PORT-AU-PRINCE — A day after reinforcements to a United Nations-backed Multinational Security Support mission arrived in Haiti, several Kenyan police officers joined Haitian police on a patrol of downtown Port-au-Prince. During the visit, one of the new armored vehicles in the police convoy broke down and had to be towed.
2024-07-31 16:47:09 - VI News Staff
Police also fired what appeared to be warning shots in the air, according to a Miami Herald journalist on the scene. When an armored convoy of Kenyan and Haitian police forces rolled into a rural hamlet east of Port-au-Prince amid an active gang attack last week, residents along a 14-mile stretch to the Dominican Republic border breathed sighs of relief.
At the arrival of the tan-colored mine-resistant vehicles in Ganthier, heavily armed members of the 400 Mawozo gang fled into the bushes, and fleeing residents began plotting their return from the town next door.