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‘The ground shook’: drone attacks help Haitian government wrest control of capital from criminal gangs | Haiti | The Guardian

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Video shared on social media shows drone attacks, which some say have helped pacify gangs inflicting violence on Port-au-Prince Warning: this story contains footage that readers might find distressing The earth beneath Jimmy Antoine’s apartment shuddered and for a split second he feared another natural disaster had struck, like the 2010 cataclysm that brought Port-au-Prince to its knees. “The ground shook like it does during an earthquake. You tremble like everything might collapse,” said the 23-year-old trainee mechanic, recalling how he and his panicked neighbours raced out on to the street. This time, though, the jolt had come not from deep below, but from high above: it was the detonation of a weaponized drone of the sort being used to hunt Haitian gang members who have hijacked most of the country’s capital since the start of a coordinated criminal insurrection early last year. “People had told me about drones … but this one caught me off guard … It felt like it exploded right whe

A drone is launched during a Haitian police operation against armed gangs in Port-au-Prince on 28 November 2024. Photograph: Patrice Noel/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock View image in fullscreen A drone is launched during a Haitian police operation against armed gangs in Port-au-Prince on 28 November 2024. Photograph: Patrice Noel/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock Haiti This article is more than 1 year old ‘The ground shook’: drone attacks help Haitian government wrest control of capital from criminal gangs This article is more than 1 year old Video shared on social media shows drone attacks,

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