According to the report of the Center for Analysis and Research on Human Rights, the number of murders of suspected members of armed groups continues to rise, and 155 people were executed in the western department alone, where this capital is located.
In addition, another 24 in the Artibonite department, 12 in Grand Anse, five in the center, two in the north-east, one in the south and as many in the north and south-east were annihilated, in a movement that has already reached eight of the country’s 10 provinces .
Bwa Kale was born at a critical moment when armed gangs were rampantly attacking schools, public and private facilities and neighborhoods, and murders and kidnappings had skyrocketed because the police were unable to deal with them.
In addition to the movement, residents in the neighborhoods organized and formed so-called self-defense brigades to protect the areas from incursions by armed groups. For anthropologist and director of the National Center for Scientific Research, Laënnec Hurbon, the initiative represents a population boost who wants to help the police find and counter the bandits.
“The state is no longer the institution that takes care of security and mutual respect. people are alone She does not have the means to understand the relationships between people. Haiti appears to be moving away from the rule of law,” the scholar told Liberation newspaper.
For his part, Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who spoke only once on the subject, called for calm and recalled that Haiti had chosen democracy as its model of government.
“The uncertainty we live in is abhorrent. “We understand the city needs to resume activity, but we must not allow bad plans to tempt us to play dirty games,” Henry said during a speech in early May.
However, the movement continued and the number of kidnappings declined while police began to retake areas that were under gang control.
While Bwa Kale is a success for some, others warn it could be the start of a new wave of violence in the Caribbean country.
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