On Monday, a report by the Miami Herald revealed that smugglers have abandoned more than 100 Haitian migrants off the coast of Puerto Rico after the Dominican Republic's decision to deport up to 10,000 Haitians a week, citing an 'excess' of immigrants. The news came a day after at least 70 people were killed in a gang attack about 60 miles north of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince.
Both episodes reflect the consequences of escalating gang violence in Haiti, particularly in the agricultural Artibonite region, which has experienced increasing instability.
