Gangs rise as democracy wanes in Haiti
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Christina Julien does her homework on a chair in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Jan. 22. Julien is one of the thousands of people in the capital who has been forced to flee her home due t violence, seeking refuge with family members in another part of the city.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jimmy Cherizier, the leader of the "G9 et Famille" gang, talks with members of his gang while taking a ride on the back of a motorcycle in his district of Delmas 6 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Jan. 24. Cherizier, best known by his childhood nickname Barbecue, has become the most recognized name in Haiti.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jimmy Cherizier, the leader of the "G9 et Famille" gang, walks with children as he visits La Saline district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Jan. 24. Internationally, Cherizier is known as Haiti’s most powerful and feared gang leader, sanctioned by the United Nations for “serious human rights abuses,” and the man behind a fuel blockade that brought the Caribbean nation to its knees late 2022.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A child walks past piles of trash in La Saline district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Jan. 24. Current Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has asked the U.N. to lead a military intervention, but many Haitians insist that's not the solution, citing past consequences of foreign intervention in Haiti. So far, no country has been willing to put boots on the ground.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Street vendors walk past a mural of Argentine football star Lionel Messi and a peace dove in La Saline district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Jan. 24.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Aerial view of La Saline district in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Jan. 24. In December, the U.N. estimated that gangs controlled 60% of Haiti’s capital, but nowadays most on the streets of Port-au-Prince say that number is closer to 100%.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gladimy Trismer-Saint, who was shot in his left foot by a stray bullet, lies on a bed at a clinic run by Doctors Without Borders in the Tabarre neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 25.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A woman and her daughter run past a barricade that was set up by police protesting bad police governance in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 26.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Armed and masked police officers walk with their weapons drawn during a demonstration by police protesting bad police governance in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 26. At a time when democracy has withered in Haiti and gang violence has spiraled out of control, armed men are filling in the power vacuum left by a crumbling government.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A taxi driver passes a burning tire outside the door of police headquarters placed by officers protesting bad police governance in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 26.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A man cries during the funeral for three police officers who were killed in the line of duty, at the Police Academy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Jan. 31.ASSOCIATED PRESS
The relatives of a killed police officer attends the funeral for three officers killed in the line of duty in the Petion-Ville district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Jan. 31.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Police stand guard in front of the coffins holding the remains of three fellow officers who were killed in the line of duty during a wake at the Police Academy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Jan. 31.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Police carry the coffin of one of three fellow officers who were killed in the line of duty for the wake at the Police Academy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Jan. 31. The officers were killed in an ambush by gang members in the capital on Jan. 20.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A woman cries on the floor next to the coffins holding the remains of three police officers who were killed in the line of duty during a wake at the Police Academy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Jan. 31.