{"id":2283541,"date":"2024-06-25T19:21:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T23:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/first-un-approved-foreign-troops-arrive-in-haiti-to-fight-gangs-in-last-ditch-attempt-to-prevent-collapse-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-25T19:24:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T23:24:02","slug":"first-un-approved-foreign-troops-arrive-in-haiti-to-fight-gangs-in-last-ditch-attempt-to-prevent-collapse-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/first-un-approved-foreign-troops-arrive-in-haiti-to-fight-gangs-in-last-ditch-attempt-to-prevent-collapse-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"First UN-approved foreign troops arrive in Haiti to fight gangs in last-ditch attempt to prevent collapse &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffirst-un-approved-foreign-troops-arrive-in-haiti-to-fight-gangs-in-last-ditch-attempt-to-prevent-collapse-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2283541&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A\u2062 contingent of 400 Kenyan security personnel landed in\u2063 Haiti at \u200dToussaint Louverture International Airport, marking the arrival of\u2063 the first batch of a larger U.N.-sanctioned force. This force was deployed to help regain\u200b control over the country which has been \u2063dominated by gang violence. The deployment was in response to a request made 18\u2064 months earlier by Haiti&#8217;s \u2063former Prime Minister Ariel Henry. Up to 2,500 troops might participate in this operation. President William Ruto of\u200b Kenya commended \u2063the troops, highlighting the importance of their mission for bringing hope and relief to \u200bcommunities in Haiti devastated by violence and chaos. The presence of the Kenyan forces in Haiti aims\u2064 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/riots-cause-havoc-in-new-yorks-union-square-popular-live-streamer-taken-away-by-police\/\" title=\"Riots wreak havoc in NYC's Union Square, streamer detained by police.\">restore order amidst<\/a> a severe surge \u2063in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/previously-peaceful-stockholm-witnesses-five-incidents-including-bombings-and-shootings-in-one-night\/\" title=\"Previously Peaceful Stockholm Witnesses Five Incidents Including Bombings and Shootings in One Night\">gang-related incidents<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A group of 400 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kenya\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kenyan<\/a> security forces have arrived in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/haiti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Haiti<\/a>, the first wave of a large United Nations-approved security force meant to retake the country from gang rule.<\/p>\n<p>The security forces, dressed in military fatigues and white helmets, landed at Haiti\u2019s Toussaint Louverture International Airport on Tuesday. They are part of an effort, requested by former Prime Minister Ariel Henry 18 months ago, to retake control from a scourge of gang violence. Over 2,500 troops could take part in the effort.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Police from Kenya stand on the tarmac of the Toussaint Louverture International Airport after landing in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. The first U.N.-backed contingent of foreign police arrived nearly two years after the Caribbean country requested help to quell a surge in gang violence. (AP Photo\/Marckinson Pierre)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kenyan President William Ruto praised the security forces in a send-off Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are undertaking a vital mission that transcends borders and cultures,\u201d he said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2024\/06\/25\/kenya-haiti-security-force\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reported\">per<\/a> the <em>Washington Post<\/em>. \u201cYour presence in Haiti will bring hope and relief to communities torn apart by violence and ravaged by disorder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.N. reported that 7,500 people have been killed in violence engulfing the country since October 2022, when Henry first made his appeal. Of these, over 2,500 have been killed so far this year.<\/p>\n<p>Haiti\u2019s capital, Port-au-Prince, has been completely overtaken by gangs. The president was forced to resign earlier this year with no replacement, leaving the capital in a state of anarchy. The feuding gangs outgun the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-lives-matters-most-prominent-chapter-launches-drive-targeting-police-unions\/\" title=\"Black Lives Matter\u2019s Most Prominent Chapter Launches Drive Targeting Police Unions\">local police forces<\/a> and military, who are unable to regain control.<\/p>\n<p>Several countries were approached for the mission, including Canada, before the decision was ultimately made to choose Kenya. The force, dubbed the Multinational Security Support Mission, is intended to back up the local police rather than replace them. <\/p>\n<p>Leslie Voltaire, a member of Haiti\u2019s transitional presidential council, told the outlet that the force\u2019s initial role will be to protect critical infrastructure, including airports and seaports, and clear roads of gang checkpoints. It will then move on to rescue neighborhoods alongside the local police.<\/p>\n<p>The United States has been an advocate of sending security forces to retake the country but has shied away from sending its own. President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3014813\/biden-troops-haiti-gang-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"defended\">defended<\/a> the decision, saying the U.S. is \u201ckind of occupied around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe concluded that for the United States to deploy forces in the Western Hemisphere just raises all kinds of questions that can be easily misrepresented,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. has been weary of the optics of another intervention in the country, mindful of its 20-year occupation beginning in 1915, which saw the U.S. seize the country\u2019s gold reserves and implement limited forced labor.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A contingent of 400 Kenyan security personnel, part of a larger UN-approved force, has landed in Haiti to combat gang dominance. Arriving in military gear at Toussaint Louverture International Airport, they mark the initial deployment in a mission to stabilize the nation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2283542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Kenyan-Police-Haiti.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7385,32729,16368,17800,23312],"class_list":["post-2283541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-collapse","tag-foreign-troops","tag-gangs","tag-haiti","tag-un"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Kenyan-Police-Haiti.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2283541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2283541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2283541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2283542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2283541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2283541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2283541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}