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U.S. Wants To Send Thousands Of Heavily Armed Troops To Haiti To Finally Destroy Gangs

Police monitor street gang violence in Haiti (Credit: (Photo by CLARENS SIFFROY/AFP via Getty Images)

The U.S., along with Panama, proposed creating a "gang-suppression force" comprised of up to 5,500 uniformed personnel to face criminal organizations in Haiti.

The force, which would have arrest and detention power, as well as military-grade capabilities and lethal equipment, comes as current forces in the country continue to be unable to recover territory from gangs, which control most of Port-au-Prince.

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