Source: ABC News
“Three Haitian police officers and two civilians were killed in the country’s central region, where gang violence has surged, the government and a police union said Wednesday. The officers were members of a specialized unit known as UDMO, which is largely activated during protests and disturbances. A video shared on social media show gunmen dragging the bodies of at least two officers near a burning armored vehicle as heavy gunfire fills the air. SPNH-17, a local police union, said that two ‘brave citizens’ fighting alongside the slain officers in Artibonite also were killed. … A Kenyan-led, U.N.-backed mission is helping Haiti’s National Police [gang] to quell [rival] gang violence, but officers often are overwhelmed by powerful gangs with military-grade weapons.” (07/23/25)