Increased gang activity in Tabarre, where the American Embassy is located, has prompted the United States to withdraw non-essential embassy personnel. So far in 2023, ACLED records a fourfold increase in violent actions involving the Vitelhomme gang compared to the same period in 2022. Local human rights organizations decried the police intervention that left at least four people injured, including minors, while also denouncing the impunity of the Vitelhomme leader and his alleged links with a high-level police official. Over 100 residents were also displaced in the violence, with police forces deploying tear gas to disperse residents who sought refuge outside of the United States Embassy on 25 July. ![]() ![]() This activity drove a 35% increase in civilian fatalities in July across the country compared to the previous month – with about a third of all reported fatalities reported during targeted attacks on civilians in Petionville and Tabarre. ![]() In #Haiti, the Vitelhomme gang continued to target civilians with arson and direct attacks in several neighborhoods of Tabarre and Petionville communes in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area last month.
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