UN Report Reveals 16,000 Dead in Haiti’s Gang Violence Since 2022—A Crisis Ignored by Global Powers

The United Nations’ latest report exposes a staggering death toll in Haiti: over 16,000 victims have fallen to relentless gang violence since the start of 2022. This grim statistic, brought forward by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, lays bare not just a humanitarian catastrophe but a severe failure of international commitment to restore order in America’s own hemisphere. How Did Haiti Descend Into This Chaos? Haiti’s struggle with armed gangs is no secret; however, the magnitude of the crisis remains shocking. The proliferation of illegal firearms—estimated between 270,000 and 500,000—largely controlled by these violent factions has turned...