A timeline of Haiti’s gang violence and how the country got to where it is

EVENS SANON
Associated Press

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti is once again facing a wave of chaos fueled by ongoing gang wars. Haiti’s security crisis has spiraled since the 2021 assassination of the country’s president. Gang leaders have grown increasingly violent and empowered, taking advantage of power vacuums in the Caribbean nation to grow in strength. Now, gangs continue to rampage across Haiti. The country’s embattled Prime Minister Ariel Henry remains blocked out of the country.