Haiti’s Rising Vigilante Violence Reveals State Collapse and Regional Risk
In a nation where government authority has all but vanished, armed self-defense brigades in Haiti’s Artibonite region battle criminal gangs—highlighting the failure of institutions and the threat this instability poses beyond its borders.
The recent killing of more than fifteen alleged members of the notorious Gran Grif gang in Liancourt, Artibonite, is being hailed as a "success" by Haiti’s National Police. Yet this grim episode underscores a harsher reality: a fractured state losing control to violent factions and self-styled vigilantes. Who Polices When the State Fails? Located just over 100 miles north of Port-au-Prince, Artibonite is one of Haiti’s most populous and fertile regions. But instead of prosperity, it is drowning in chaos. With over 4,000 murders recorded in just six months—a staggering 24% increase from last year—this violence surge isn’t random; it...
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