Haiti

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Zur Lage in Haiti - die Gangs bzw. "Milizen" vor Ort scheinen ihre Bewaffnung zunehmend zu verbessern. Für die geplanten Friedenstruppen ein Grund zu wachsender Besorgnis. Und die Spur dieser Waffen geht in Richtung kolumbianischer Gangster.

Kenya’s special forces to land in Haiti. What awaits them?

The Kenya-led UN mission in Haiti will be forcefully met by a gang-turned-militia armed with stolen Colombian weapons. [...]

5 Segonn, the G9 and other prominent crime groups are pivoting to present themselves as an organised security force. Photos and videos across social media show 5 Segonn members uniformed, growing in number and carrying more powerful weapons, according to an investigation by the New York Times. [...] This was not just symbolic. 5 Segonn members have since been identified wielding Belgian-designed FN FAL rifles, typically only carried by militaries. [...]

The so-called ‘right arm of the free world’, the FN FAL was first produced in the 1950s for developed western nations, says Wilson Jones, defence analyst at GlobalData. [...] Jones, however, notes that the FN FALs owned by 5 Segonn are unlikely to be in good condition or well-maintained. [...]

The question remains as to how the Haitian gangs got their hands on military-grade arms. In a country which does not manufacture weapons, a UN report published in January found almost every model of gun in Haiti: Russian AK-47s, US-made AR-15s and Israeli Galil assault rifles, to name a few.

Most fingers point to Colombia. On 30 April, Colombian President Gustavo Petro revealed that more than one million bullets, thousands of explosives, some guns and missiles had been stolen from military bases. [...] Colombia’s government is not solely to blame. Firearms and ammunition have been smuggled by land, air and sea from US states such as Georgia, Texas and, most prominently, Florida.

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