Canada sends long-range patrol aircraft to support Haiti as gang violence escalates
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The federal government release on the second shipment did not say which companies made the tanks, how much they cost, or how many were sent. However, a government official, who was granted anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the matter, said there were three tanks, including two of the same model, The Canadian Press reported.
Gang-related violence remains “high in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area,” according to a United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsBesides gang violence, Haiti is also witnessing a spread of Cholera, with 483 reported deaths, 1,742 confirmed cases and 24,232 suspected cases as of Jan. 15, the report stated.
Other than sending armoured vehicles to Haiti, Canada has also sanctioned Haitian gang leaders, as well as elites who provide “illicit financial and operational support to armed gangs.”
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