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Vigilantes in Haiti strike back at gangsters with brutal street justice

Por: ABC News World June 04, 2023

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Old cars, used tires and barbed wire block off the biggest neighborhood in the capital of .Gun-toting gangsters have been robbing, raping and murdering the innocent. Weak or corrupt police and officials have done little, or worse.Now, the people are taking action and a wave of brutal vigilante justice is roiling Haiti, concentrated in this capital of about 1 million. The vigilantes close off neighborhoods. They stone and... + full article



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