Haiti, a wartorn country where the gangs are better coordinated than the public forces'

"On September 20, at around 8:25 p.m., Haitian police sent two suicide drones into the Simon Pele neighborhood of Port-au-Prince. The target was to assassinate Albert Stevenson, known as Djouma, the leader of one of the gangs that control the city. They planned the attack that Saturday because they knew he would be celebrating his birthday. The operation ended with the deaths of eight children between the ages of two and 10, six more kids wounded, at least three civilians killed,"

"Most of these are low-ranking gang members. The targets are middle- or low-ranking officials; they're not attacking the top brass, laments Pierre Esperance, director of the National Network for the Defense of Human Rights. That's why criminals are roaming freely and acting so arrogant. The gangs wouldn't be so arrogant if they didn't have the complicity of the authorities, he explained to EL PAIS by phone."

"On September 6, a similar mission ended with the deaths of 11 civilians, and on August 19, in the capital's Kenscoff commune, another drone killed at least two police officers and other civilians. Romain Le Cour Grandmaison, director of the Haiti program at the Global Initiative, fears there may be many more. The lack of transparency on the part of the authorities means we don't have official data at hand."

On September 20 at about 8:25 p.m., Haitian police launched two suicide drones into the Simon Pele neighborhood of Port-au-Prince aiming to assassinate Albert Stevenson, known as Djouma, reportedly celebrating his birthday. The operation killed eight children aged two to ten, wounded six more children, and left at least three civilians and four gang members dead while Stevenson reportedly escaped unharmed. Armed drones have been used since March 1; at least 30 civilians have been killed, nearly 300 gang members killed, and about 400 injured. Strikes have mostly hit middle- and low-ranked suspects, allowing top gang leaders to remain free amid limited official transparency.

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