A second contingent of 200 police officers from Kenya arrived in Haiti to bolster a U.N.-backed mission led by the East African country.
A second contingent of 200 police officers from Kenya arrived Tuesday in Haiti to bolster a U.N.-backed mission led by the East African country to battle violent gangs in the troubled Caribbean country. The officers arrived nearly a month after the first contingent of 200 landed in the capital of Port-au-Prince, where gangs control at least 80% of the territory.
He said he hasn’t seen Kenyans on patrol since the first contingent arrived in June. “Security has not improved,” he said as he pushed a wheelbarrow full of raw sugarcane past a dusty road near the airport. “On top of that, kidnappings have started again.” He and his family have been living in a friend's yard under a tarp, exposed to sweltering heat and heavy rains as they seek a more secure shelter.
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