Drone warfare is hitting Haiti
The gangs have been pushed back in places, but there are concerns that drones are illegal and may be ultimately ineffective
Warfare in the skies has arrived in Haiti. The country’s government has been in a vicious and, up until now, losing battle with heavily armed gangs. Over the course of the past year gangsters have taken control of most of the capital, Port-au-Prince. Now Haiti’s government has started deploying drones, hoping to shift the balance of forces, despite concerns about human rights and the impact on civilians in a densely populated urban battlefield.
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This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “Whacking the gangs from above”
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