Security forces from Guatemala and El Salvador have joined the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission in Haiti, aiming to curb the country's escalating gang violence.
Security forces from Guatemala and El Salvador arrived in Haiti on Friday to reinforce a multinational mission tasked with tackling the country’s rampant gang violence, the Haitian National Police announced. High-ranking officials gathered on the tarmac of the international airport in the capital Port-au-Prince to greet the 75 Guatemalan and eight Salvadoran officers, video released by the police shows.
The dignitaries included the leader of Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council Leslie Voltaire, Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, and the United States Ambassador to Haiti Dennis Hankins. The troops will join the foreign police force known as the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission – a US- and United Nations-backed initiative working with the Haitian police to restore security in the country. Haiti has been ravaged by intensifying gang violence, which the government has struggled to contain in the aftermath of President Jovenel Moïse’s assassination in 2021. The nation has also grappled with natural disasters and a worsening hunger crisis. In a statement, Normil Rameau, the acting director general of the National Police, said a “marriage” of the police with the people of Haiti remains “the most effective way to facilitate the total restoration of security and the establishment of lasting peace.” The UN Security Council approved the launch of the MSS in 2023 after repeated pleas for international support from Haiti’s government. The mission received the support of the United States, which offered to provide hundreds of millions of dollars in funding and resources. However, the mission has not been without trouble. It is helmed by hundreds of Kenyan police officers, but their deployment was repeatedly delayed before they eventually arrived in June last year. The officers then did not receive pay for months. Violence has continued to plague the country despite the mission’s presenc
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