<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=28qsm6_0kTKLeQN00" style="display:none" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=28qsm6_0kTKLeQN00" width="1440" height="920" ><figure class="embed embed--type-video embed--type-content_video is-video embed--float-none embed--size-medium is-hero"><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox" scrolling="no" src="https://amp-static.cbsnews.com/amp/embed/video/?feature%5Bconsent%5D=0&amp;setDevice=mobile&amp;v=6b6dc07bfe11a80c7fef710888bfecc61674830030&amp;usprivacy=null#xVdbb9y6Ef4rgp56MVfUXdqX1rET5OCkiZGcPBTWwYISR1rW1AUktbtu4v%2FeoaRdr7ct0rRBDwwY1HA4HH4z883sF5eNph8ke3TXRo1w5Qp900vJBi1KCe66ZlKjlMNOVPjptn0pUH7l7gSH3l1%2FcYWBVrvr%2By%2BueRysyq7nuC84LmPgQZhQTlJeJySCihEW4L86SaM6K3lQ%2BdZWOxw%2BQv2TPdGMmw%2BSwnDdb%2F5eveurcbz5FFd%2FzcDs%2F5IYGaJ2r0QjutdcGNF3eGTUKNRybHC9ZSgl27FlnTBMCdaRoZcoq5gklRJaWGUjjH2b%2B%2FZMz2Edd066zqzrjF3dSy66xhGr1cq1QDzgQVzUo5T%2FlZ3OeWudRBMV6%2FrOav3yv9kxogVtWDu4az9JwziJ0yyklKK3o2IzSnF09vmOlSDxPpqvKUUDcv7u8EkYuJY1oG1ktQ3I1phBrwuv8JjWYLS%2FqkrdwV7jjejaqurbwtuOZeGJwlOFF9AgLDzqF54fFF6el3nop4z4SYkJUPOS5D5NSczTOgzqKI%2BCpPAMBqzsmJCFl0T0gBmDJ6u65iwJUgiABXGVxDHUkEAJWVb6Jdq3fpB61PggMsddQ8cMEAOqJXAYhAJNJLAd4kWqfuyMeiR7Ybak60nT70B1LXSGgITKACd9XYtKYKKc%2FEG3%2FSyNKFncWv1taBCv7W8AjB9k9JAGiExQhhnlYQgxi3hSBizO0yBPIc9D7vMMfjtknq7cQSFTwP6zki8g0oNE%2FlixVjYr0SNkA4KyQxwmGim8b5V94S2GC%2B%2BZe87sD6rnKySeaecYiDkEywdehUHYSn0ZicBPaJaHMU2TCCGf3hVmm0mzZRohW7XhmB2vDf7%2F99a9apnBe9lgYZxKuPAOpB2g%2BfzxHWqMF3Dv9%2FuXziww%2Fwf0OAEs9E%2Ft0FsfTh0Au4SoJr63yQ8MeJiHFJM2piQK%2FJpkYcIIQJLmKa3yMKqeWRldIdYXWzoCFFPVFvvNvZU7k%2FxXTBymMON%2Bsbe8Z61lw5tXn5z3F6dePc6b98%2B7eJZJfP79r5h%2BMAjdc1Tw8XJgemoQvvUEGpvR88Y4YDZpfXobnr%2BuKpS8kn31cCJC%2FVmD%2BjSWGpEpgZ%2FU9dB3uldHvS0crm%2BhZqO0MaJX%2BOdO0lfP0jC%2FiuKrOMcNxi2K9X7%2Bv5Gie3gRu7Smabrarep9q9pVBwarhWOFYIr8yZ1wYlO%2FtZhJZmxy4HkLY6mAPbhPCINRrHrA2rZ3YPx11SuY1pi92BlimiXYfqIZ5PdLltiOlKDoD%2FZZ%2BNHpjTabBhbrs4QNG2YxfV941yedyj5xV%2Fn%2BSaLNhW3rVTMPDDPfCFgeUUr0VQp7wl78ZIF%2Fg4vXx1DOKFdssHmvv5d5j%2Be%2BzTErxsvNobVPb8fDneoHUObxZ8BUdYMoBc7iBCmb%2BzGyc%2B4HYcjCxH3CJ7Rg2NQwEXcDzaNdo2zb87looeMTAEs51MDMqJBWK9uPwU5Ly%2BiEnmNu2Tx9HlJsygwCF6cqPmyRUSqc0pCcJyo4HSu8S9tYzhf5IPTrjuFsx5fKYAoxk3A9or%2FKzmD3bkg5q3hZkYRl2KF8CEjO%2FYBQ6mc1ZIzSkk51d370WJhLLJzfbQXn0DnlI6Y4%2FP5Mfxr0AqgrP0QGSfMEGSQJI8LK3Ce8ruuYQsBrGj57dzeWt%2Fgcew5JlFCfBKnxw3UQ4gTzR0rnOeaFP3omnn%2Fpy0n1OHkh%2F0nttDYzHawoZ1zpFY5YSIA7hBVBdph2GtY12tGSjc0Wd5yJTXFSsxRawZnRYzDxfGc2i9Q9TtHLNubFxLS3sLPPmkq7OW5arzd2st48FzbmD0ou514UvRWWp%2B%2Fdfa8ktzhb4ac5OVBvFs%2FSM%2FNHoxOxTyFJaBrXEc1IGmf834V9ObBw9NG2FK2wJR8t93yYZvSjk6XCYfZuIavpqiUwG6u7afdQno%2FDd8xsp3yf%2B%2BfctOyaMKGGXhmCbdfgyEuwhYEkW%2BhwfJmiQ9pRcVBkDsnUy05mL2eSf2qSP%2BQ6TKSpiekXEbGhXSD7Qfds7p5NLq9Y%2FyDTx0S5Pf7ow2ZpW57YgYOh%2Bvr16%2BlXoFW9U%2FiTQT1%2B1GKJrDjSMW5aMmXqAQyyz43sR%2F5BNVMG%2BPQ29IMgjoP4zZs4zel1lNPb6PbP17wvMX%2FsnH3Zutyld7lL8zqL3nc1L6RM9rJVnVt6mp%2F1EtvlrTdTRzoTGmBSjK31ECGuhTzbXt4PnS1wOyla0y1wwe56PVXxUo44ifOl%2Fr%2BZpKfJGQcB04GaYz4Vc%2BFhiWGQV0rr47j6TXvfNRk%2BPf0D" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute"></iframe></div><figcaption class="embed__caption-container">Humanitarian and political crisis unfolding in Haiti 09:00 </figcaption></figure> Port-au-Prince, Haiti — Outraged rebel police officers paralyzed Port-au-Prince on Thursday, roaring through the streets on motorcycles in protest of a slew of killings of police officers by Haitian gangs. More than a hundred protesters blocked roads, shot guns into the air, and broke through gates in the capital's airport and the prime minister's house, with tensions escalating throughout the day. Gangs have killed at least 10 officers in the past week; another is missing and one more has severe bullet wounds, according to the Haitian National Police. Video circulating social media — likely recorded by gangs — shows the naked and bloodied bodies of six men stretched out on the dirt, their guns laying on their chests. Another video shows two masked men who are smoking cigarettes from the dismembered hands and feet of the dead men. <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><figure class="embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-feed_phone_image"><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0NvzVv_0kTKLeQN00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0NvzVv_0kTKLeQN00" width="620" height="396" ><figcaption class="embed__caption-container">A man shouts by a barricade of burning tires during a police demonstration after a gang attack on a police station and killed six officers in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, January 26, 2023. RICHARD PIERRIN/AFP/Getty </figcaption></figure> The gang that killed the police officers, known as Gan Grif, still has the bodies, police said. The wave of grisly killings of police is only the latest example of <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/haiti-bus-kidnapping-armed-gang-attack-driver-escapes-female-conductor-shot/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> escalating violence in the Caribbean nation </a> , which has been gripped by gang wars and political chaos following the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moise. His unelected successor as head of the government, Prime Minister Ariel Henry, has asked the United Nations to lead a military intervention, but no country has been willing to put boots on the ground. <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> The U.N. estimates that 60% of Port-au-Prince is controlled by the gangs. On the streets of the capital, Haitians say it's more like 100%. This week, the U.N. special envoy for Haiti urged the American and Canadian governments to lead an international armed force to help Haiti combat the gangs. The U.S. Embassy in Haiti tweeted Thursday afternoon asking for calm, and U.S. Ambassador Brian Nichols, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, in a message on his own Twitter account, condemned the gang violence that left the officers dead, repeated the call for calm and extend his condolences to the families of the slain officers. <figure class="embed embed--type-twitter-tweet embed--float-none embed--size-medium lazyload"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> We condemn the gang violence that killed several Haitian National Police officers &amp; call for calm amid ongoing protests. We extend condolences to the families of those killed in the line of duty. 🇺🇸 will continue to impose costs on those responsible for this heinous violence.-BAN — Brian A. Nichols (@WHAAsstSecty) <a href="https://twitter.com/WHAAsstSecty/status/1618756573060550657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow"> January 26, 2023 </a></blockquote></figure><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> He said the U.S. would "continue to impose costs on those responsible for this heinous violence," but gave no indication of any new efforts by the U.S. or its regional partners to address it. CBS News correspondent Pamela Falk reported that the U.S. and Mexico proposed two resolutions to the United Nations Security Council in October, one to enact an arms embargo and that would impose financial costs on Haitian gang leaders, and another to create a non-U.N. multinational force under the U.N. Charter's "use of force" provision, "Colleagues, if there was ever a moment to come to the aid of Haitians in dire need, it is now," U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield told world powers at the time. To date, there has been no agreement on a multinational security force. <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> Since then, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents have reported an "alarming" increase in boats full of migrants from Haiti and Cuba attempting to reach Florida. <figure class="embed embed--type-video embed--type-content_video is-video embed--float-left embed--size-medium"><a class="content__link embed__link" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/video/florida-boatloads-of-migrants-from-cuba-haiti/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3bu76v_0kTKLeQN00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3bu76v_0kTKLeQN00" width="640" height="360" ></a><figcaption class="embed__caption-container"><a class="embed__headline-link" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/video/florida-boatloads-of-migrants-from-cuba-haiti/" rel="nofollow"> Florida sees "alarming" rise in boatloads of migrants from Cuba and Haiti 05:35 </a></figcaption></figure> Haitian police, meanwhile, are pleading for more resources. The police deaths enraged members of Fantom 509, an armed group of current and former police officers that has violently demanded better conditions for officers. Dozens of these men wove through Port-au-Prince on Thursday, many wearing hoods along with police uniforms, flak jackets and rifles and automatic weapons. They seized buses to blockade roads and torched tires across the city, leaving smoke plummeting through the streets. Many demanded tougher crackdowns on the gangs, and called for the end to Henry's administration, which many Haitians view as illegitimate. Demonstrators broke down one of the gates outside Henry's home and a barrier at the Port-au-Prince airport, where he planned to make an appearance later in the day. <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><figure class="embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-feed_phone_image"><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4Zz1g4_0kTKLeQN00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4Zz1g4_0kTKLeQN00" width="620" height="413" ><figcaption class="embed__caption-container">Demonstrators break into the Toussaint Louverture International Airport to protest the recent killings of six police officers by armed gangs, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, January 26, 2023. RICHARD PIERRIN/AFP/Getty </figcaption></figure> "We need a revolution," screamed one protester dressed in a bullet proof vest, helmet and gas mask. "We are in the streets to fight, for our brothers and sisters who are victims of the bandits. We have to take to the streets every day to get what we want." A video recorded by local Haitian media shows empty streets and closed businesses on a key road of Port-au-Prince where the rebel group passed through. In addition to the bodies displayed by the gang, a number of officers were killed last week in a firefight with gangs in a neighborhood that was once considered relatively safe. Since Henry took the reins of the country, 78 police officers have been killed, according to a Thursday report by Haitian human rights group, National Network of the Defense of Human Rights. The Haitian National Police expressed condolences to the slain officers' families and colleagues, and said it's "calling for peace and invites police officers to come together to bring forward an institutional response to the different criminal organizations that terrorize the Haitian people." "The movement will continue, we can't let police get killed like this," said one masked man in a police uniform carrying a pistol who did not want to be identified. "We can do the job if they give us ammunition." <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate></div></body>

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Port-au-Prince, Haiti — Outraged rebel police officers paralyzed Port-au-Prince on Thursday, roaring through the streets on motorcycles in protest of a slew of killings of police officers by Haitian gangs. More than a hundred protesters blocked roads, shot guns into the air, and broke through gates in the capital's airport and the prime minister's house, with tensions escalating throughout the day.   Gangs have killed at least 10 officers in the past week; another is missing and one more has severe bullet wounds, according to the Haitian National Police.   Video circulating social media — likely recorded by gangs — shows...