Well, here's one reason why; gang violence:
>A violent gang in Haiti opened fire on Saturday on protesters organized by a church leader close to Port-au-Prince, the country’s capital.
>At least seven people were killed, and others were wounded and kidnapped.
>Marcorel Zidor, known as Pastor Marco, had been urging hundreds of his followers to confront a street gang that controls a swath of a suburb called Canaan, which he said had attacked many of his parishioners.
>The gang, known as 5 Seconds, has got a reputation for random killings, kidnappings and extortion.
>Just last week, gang leaders said they wanted to shut down the only road connecting the capital to the country’s north.
>On Saturday, he organized a protest against the gang, and hundreds of religious faithful attended his call.
>The group, wearing matching yellow shirts, marched from the Caradeux neighborhood, where their church is located, toward Canaan.
>Some carried wooden sticks or machetes.
>Graphic videos shared on social media show protesters being shot at, bodies in the streets and people who appear to be taken hostage.
>“The gangs fired on them with their M-16s and M4 and M14. It was a real massacre,” said Henry-Louis Mars, executive director of Lakou Lapè, a peace institute based in Port-au-Prince.
>Mars said it’s unclear why the pastor led his followers into such a dangerous situation.
>https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/world/in-haiti-pastor-leads-followers-into-gunfire/ar-AA1fXad6
Sticks v. guns
moar:
>The director of Haiti’s National Police vowed Monday to hold accountable those who encouraged hundreds of parishioners to take up machetes and sticks over the weekend to try and rid a community of gang members, only to be fatally shot by them.
>Police Chief Frantz Elbé said the group’s religious leader, identified as Marcorel Zidor, participated in the protest Saturday and was accompanied by unidentified people clad in olive green carrying assault rifles as they and the parishioners marched toward the community of Canaan.
THIS report mentions
>people clad in olive green carrying assault rifles
AP also wants you to know:
>a judge in Haiti is for the first time interrogating some of the 18 Colombian suspects arrested more than two years ago and accused of being part of a mercenary squad that assassinated President Jovenel Moïse, according to The Associated Press.
>The 18 Colombians are among more than 40 suspects, including elite Haitian police officers who were arrested in Haiti, after Moïse was fatally shot in July 2021 in his private residence. The investigation in Haiti has moved very slowly, in part due to a high turnover of judges overseeing the case.
A high turnover of judges, kek
https://www.foxnews.com/world/us-citizens-urged-leave-haiti-soon-possible-state-department-flags-current-security-situation