UN: U.S.-made guns fuel violence in Haiti
CCTV news client reported that on March 3 local time, the official website of the United Nations published an article stating that more and more powerful weapons from the United States fell into the hands of armed groups in Haiti, which contributed to the violence of armed groups , while Haiti is suffering its worst humanitarian crisis in decades.
A few days ago, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released a research report entitled “Haiti Criminal Market”. Haiti is “increased by all signs of insecurity, from homicides to sexual violence, from kidnappings to killings of police officers,” the report said, and a big reason is “out-of-control gun smuggling between the United States and Haiti.” According to official statistics from Haiti, there will be 2,183 homicides and 1,359 kidnappings in Haiti in 2022, both doubling from last year.
At the same time, Haiti is also a regional transit point for drugs. After the assassination of the then President Jovenel Moise in July 2021, the country’s drug transshipment business has become more rampant. The unscrupulousness of armed groups has exacerbated the local cholera epidemic and the lack of clothing, food and displacement of the people. Since October last year, the Haitian government has repeatedly called on the international community to send military forces to the country to combat armed groups, as it has been unable to control the situation on its own.
