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Residents of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, are experiencing growing levels of gang violence, and the situation has led people to fight the issue head-on with vigilante justice.
As a result, over a dozen suspected gang members were reportedly rounded up and executed before being set on fire.
According to AP News, residents of the Haitian capital city recently beat, killed, and burned numerous suspected gang members. The mob specifically took the suspected criminals from police custody to deliver justice themselves.
Video footage shows civilians banding together and taking a serious stand against the gang members, who are noted as having been responsible for numerous police killings in Haiti.
Additional footage shows the suspected gang members being beaten and lumped together before being set ablaze. According to an on-site AP News journalist, thirteen bodies were seen burning in the street.
While on the subject, we should add that the increase in gang activity follows some significant shifts in Haiti.
On July 7, 2021, Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated at his home in Port-au-Prince. His wife, Martine Moïse, sustained gunshot wounds during the attack, though she thankfully survived.
Merely one month later, the nation — which shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic — was rocked by a 7.2-magnitude earthquake.
In the aftermath of this catastrophe, Haitian migrants began flocking to the southern United States border, where they were infamously met with violence from whip-wielding Border Patrol agents in Texas.
Finally, we should add that — later that same year — a gang known as the “400 Mawozo” kidnapped 17 American and Canadian missionaries while visiting an orphanage. The criminal organization ultimately requested $17M to release all missionaries, as The Shade Room previously reported.
Now, AP News notes that gangs have now taken over at least 60% of the city.
There are no further updates to the situation at this time.
