Yvon Vilius

Dec 28, 2024 | thebrunswicknews.com | Eric Andrew-Gee |Yvon Vilius

The nine-year-old boys wearing matching knapsacks walk down the street in the morning light, but they are not going to school. In their hands are loaded guns, and the boys know how to use them. One aims his pistol at the Haitian police officers engaging them in a firefight a few hundred yards away. The children are members of one of the gangs that control at least 80% of Port-au-Prince, where they have effectively replaced the government. The knapsacks are for goods they find or loot.

Dec 28, 2024 | kdhnews.com | Eric Andrew-Gee |Yvon Vilius

The nine-year-old boys wearing matching knapsacks walk down the street in the morning light, but they are not going to school. In their hands are loaded guns, and the boys know how to use them. One aims his pistol at the Haitian police officers engaging them in a firefight a few hundred yards away. The children are members of one of the gangs that control at least 80% of Port-au-Prince, where they have effectively replaced the government. The knapsacks are for goods they find or loot.

Dec 27, 2024 | elnuevoherald.com | Eric Andrew-Gee |Yvon Vilius

Son niños de nueve años, con mochilas iguales, que caminan por la calle al amanecer, pero no van hacia la escuela. En sus manos llevan pistolas cargadas y saben cómo usarlas. Uno apunta el arma a los policías haitianos que se les enfrentan en un tiroteo a unos cientos de metros de distancia. Los niños son miembros de una de las bandas que controlan al menos el 80 por ciento de Puerto Príncipe, donde han reemplazado de hecho al gobierno. Las mochilas son para los objetos que encuentran o saquean.

Dec 27, 2024 | theglobeandmail.com | Goran Tomasevic |Eric Andrew-Gee |Yvon Vilius