The United States, as well as Panama, proposed to create a “force of deleting gangs” made up of 5,500 staff members in uniform to deal with criminal organizations Haiti.
The force, which would have a power of stopping and detention, as well as military quality capacities and fatal equipment, come While the country's current forces continue not to be able to recover the territory of gangs, which control most of Port-au-Prince.
According to the New York Times, the plan would force a United Nations office in Haiti to provide logistical and operational support, which would release stable funding, a problem that has tormented efforts to deal with gangs.
The plan would see countries give forces and funding, some, including Canada, Salvador, the United States and Kenya providing “strategic management”. However, the experts consulted by the point of sale said that it was not clear which countries will contribute funding and the troops.
The United States has sought to shake up the status quo in Haiti, because the mission led by Kenya could not recover the territory or help restore security in the country.
Last week, the American deputy chief of the Mission at the Oea, Kimberly J. Penland, had foreseen that the Trump administration writes a resolution to be presented to the United Nations Security Council which “will rejoice properly” to the push in difficulty of the Caribbean country to regain control. He also approves one of the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to provide support for the help of peacekeeping money.
“If the United Nations Security Council will continue this model, we will also seek a solid regional participation to provide strategic leadership of force,” added Penland.
The proposal was introduced in the context of a broader plan envisaging a roadmap of $ 2.6 billion over three years for the future of Haiti. It provides more than $ 1.3 billion to rebuild Haiti national police, reform the judicial system and dismantle the gangs.
The besieged transitional government of Haiti has resurgeous With non-state actors to fight against the gangs which control most of the capital, Port-au-Prince. Reuters reported last week deploy Hundreds of mercenaries soon to fight in the country.
The point of sale detailed last Thursday that the company of Prince, VEctus Global, will intensify operations in the besieged country in the coming weeks in coordination with the local police, deployment of several hundred combatants from the United States, Europe and Salvador.
Prince declared to the point of sale that he expects to regain control of the country's roads and territories within one year. “A key measure of success for me will be when you can go from Port-au-Prince to Cap Haitien in a thin skin vehicle and not be stopped by gangs. “”
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