Child recruitment in Haitian gangs soars 70% amid rising violence and poverty - UNICEF
The Associated Press writes that the increase in child members is related to the worsening of poverty in the country, increasing violence, and political instability.
People carry belongings as residents flee the neighborhood of Nazon due to gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti November 14, 2024.(photo credit: REUTERS/Marckinson Pierre)ByELLIE ESQUENAZI