A contingent of 150 Guatemalan soldiers has arrived in Haiti, tasked with helping to restore order amid the chaos wrought by armed gangs.<\/p>\n
A first group of 75 soldiers arrived on Friday and another 75 on Saturday, all drafted from the military police, according to Guatemala\u2019s government.<\/p>\n
A state of emergency has been in place\u00a0across the Caribbean nation for months as the government battles violent gangs that have taken control of much of the capital Port-au-Prince.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Kenya sent nearly 400 police officers in June and July last year to help combat the gangs.<\/p>\n
This was the first tranche of a UN-approved international force that will be made up of 2,500 officers from various countries.<\/p>\n
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\u2019s largest funder.<\/p>\n
In March 2024,\u00a0armed gangs stormed Haiti\u2019s two biggest prisons, freeing around 3,700 inmates.<\/p>\n
The Ouest Department \u2013 a region including Port-au-Prince \u2013 was originally put under a state of emergency on 3 March, after\u00a0escalating violence gripped the capital.<\/p>\n
Chronic instability, dictatorships and natural disasters in recent decades have left Haiti the poorest nation in the Americas.<\/p>\n
In 2021,\u00a0President Jovenel Mo\u00efse was assassinated\u00a0by unidentified gunmen in Port-au-Prince.<\/p>\n
Since then the country has been wracked by economic chaos, little functioning political control and increasingly violent gang warfare.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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