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Enlarge This Image Clashes between rival gangs, the Haitian National Police and UN forces in Port-au-Prince result in daily casualties among civilians. “James J.” was caught in the cross-fire in Cité Soleil, and his injury was so serious that doctors had to amputate his leg.
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Haiti’s
provinces, especially in Central Plateau, government institutions are
hardly functional, and police are often outgunned by heavily armed
groups of former military. Two rusty revolvers and twelve bullets are
all that a five-member police unit in one of the towns in Central Plateau has
to protect itself and the local population.
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Enlarge This Image The population of Cité Soleil, the poorest and most violent slum of Port-au-Prince, feels utterly defenseless against criminal gangs. UN-backed efforts to reestablish local police presence in these neighborhoods triggers retaliation from the gangs. This police station was burnt down just days after its reconstruction.
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Enlarge This Image Many destroyed police stations in Cité Soleil are not being restored.
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Enlarge This Image UN troops patrol the streets in the most dangerous neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince in armored vehicles. A UN officer in full alert observes life in the streets of Cite Soleil through an aperture in the armor.
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Enlarge This Image A resident of one of Port-au-Prince’s poor suburbs shows bullet marks on the wall of his shanty resulting from a gang raid on the area.
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