‘One less gang leader’: Haiti’s prime minister celebrates police operation
Summary
Haiti’s National Police said gang leader Mathias Saintil died after being shot during a law enforcement operation. Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime welcomed the operation as Haiti faces widespread gang violence, displacement and a major humanitarian crisis.Key Facts
- Police identified Saintil as the leader of the Boston gang in Cité Soleil, near Port-au-Prince.
- A police source said Saintil was hit by multiple bullets and died later in a hospital.
- Fils-Aime said the fight to free the country from gangs would continue.
- The United Nations estimates that gangs control as much as 90 percent of Port-au-Prince and that at least 26 gangs operate in and around the capital.
- The UN estimates that 1.4 million people have been displaced across Haiti.
- The UN reported 1,123 deaths and 440 injuries from violence between July and October; it also recorded 689 gang-involved rape cases between July and August.
- A UN-backed Gang Suppression Force began arriving in Haiti in April, and its mandate was extended until March 2027.
- El Salvador said it would send as many as 2,000 troops to Haiti after four Salvadoran aviation technicians involved in the force were kidnapped in October.
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