The figures represent a 16 percent increase from the previous quarter, despite the alleged ceasefire announced by gang alliances in the greater Port-au-Prince area.
The Western Department, where this capital is located, recorded the highest number of people killed, injured or kidnapped, with 67 percent of victims, followed by Artibonite, which reported a significant increase in these cases.
La Binuh noted that gangs in certain areas of Port-au-Prince were increasing their coordinated attacks to try to control new areas.
In these “extremely brutal” attacks, gang members “indiscriminately killed people trying to escape, including children, raped women and girls in their homes, and destroyed numerous homes and buildings,” the report said.
At least 1,576 people were killed or injured in the third quarter of this year, and many were victims of large-scale attacks, particularly by criminal groups belonging to the G-Pèp coalition, in neighborhoods such as Carrefour Feuilles in Port-au-Sainte-Anne. Prince, Meyer in Croix des Bouquets and Carradeux in Tabarre.
Another 585 fell victim to kidnappings, an increase of 96 percent compared to the previous period.
In addition, gangs use sexual violence as a weapon to punish the population and expand their territorial control, while children do not escape this phenomenon.
Some 36 minors were killed or injured during the quarter, most of them while they were in their homes or surrounding neighborhoods when they were attacked, including children from an orphanage in Croix des Bouquets fleeing the Gang of Canaan attack had to.
Children are also recruited by armed groups who use them as informants to facilitate kidnappings and robberies. They are regularly provided with food and money by gangs and can be killed if they try to escape the criminal structure.
Given the increasingly serious situation, Binuh reiterated the call to the international community to accelerate the deployment of the Multinational Security Assistance Mission under conditions consistent with human rights standards.
He also encouraged the government to combat the illicit trafficking and diversion of firearms and ammunition, support the justice system and restore social services and projects particularly targeting young people living in gang-controlled areas.
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