gangs. >> did you kill him? >> yeah. >> they came to document a look, shaved head, baggy clothes and brazen full body tattoos, proclaiming their allegiance. beginning in the '90s, the clinton and bush administrations deported thousands of gangsters back to central america to unstable countries recovering from years of brutal civil war. but which never had a gang problem. this was a time bomb. in 2005, i witnessed its explosion. >> so we hadn't even been in el salvador more than a half-hour before we learned a member of ms 13 had been shot. >> central america is now one of the most dangerous regions on earth. now in the u.s., a new generation of ms 13 is grabbing headlines. teenagers committing horrific murders. >> she's yelling back at them. they're hitting her. it is a terrible thing to watch. >> what lies behind the killings? >> every gang member we work with has had a long history of trauma. >> and who is really at risk? what happened to their lives? >> two are dead already. >> the neighborhood surround go ou

and they usually negotiate with the gangs. because if they were to go to the police, and then the gangs may kill the hostage, because the police cannot do the damage, they are equipped and we have been, we have been seeing the gang everywhere in the capital, everywhere in the community. that's why the kidnapping becomes an increase. >> do you see any way that the u.s. state department will have negotiating power since you just laid out what negotiations have been like between gang members and the government there. >> i agree. one thing they are doing now, they make a lot of pressure. and they are shifting with the gang. what we're seeing in haiti in the past ten years, the u.s. government has sent issues before. it is a government who buys guns and munitions for the gang. that is why the haitian people in haiti, today, we are dieing. we're dieing with kidnapping, with instability, and we cannot go anywhere because the gangs have a lot of power. they can come to your house, they can kidnap you. and then you will not, you will n

it was that social media post by the gang for 100. melissa, which is the gang that's actually responsible for the kidnapping of the 17 missionaries in that video. the gang leader is heard saying that he's willing to kill the hostages. if he does not get what he wants, those demands being $17000000.00 in exchange for the 17 hostages. now there's been no statement from government officials and this could be partly because of a bit perhaps a strategy by local authorities that are working hand in hand in close collaboration with u. s. federal agents here on the ground in haiti that may not want to reveal the exact strategy to secure the release of this of these hostages. but we should remind our viewers that this is a very delicate situation, made of exponentially more complex by the worsening security situation. here on the ground to associate man easy. so in your report, those protests of on slaven continuing in the gangs and out on the streets of the capital to what is the security situation like that. now there have been protests ever

you've got gangs. you got the economic situation, high unemployment and devastation of the education system. you've got politics and chaos. ngos are ineffective. other partners outside haiti are having a hard time figuring out how to help. nothing could be more chaotic and unsettling than this whole situation. now you've got the upcoming elections. they have been postponed twice. they were supposed to be early 2020. abide administration expects them to occur and has asked for millions to help it. we do not know whether it is just gonna be to ratify the new constitution, or will they elect new members of parliament and a new executive. who is making those decisions? how do we know who even to negotiate with? who is writing this new constitution? do we have any way to have any kind of input in that? the last measures they took were certainly unconstitutional by the existing system. >> you hit the nail on the head with your question. that is the $64,000 question. that is the issue i think the administrati

a gang is demanding $1000000.00 for each house.

then you've got olders, controlling what we would class as street gangs. that is what we are talking about, street gangs. and the olders will run that. your youngers are the ones you're seeing getting killed in the streets. they're the ones that are out there, probably operating from a trap house, they're the ones that are feeding all of the money up to the olders. then you have your runners, they're the ones that will take the drugs, they're just running at about. you have your tinnies, who are children under the age of ten because they cannot be held criminally responsible for what they're doing. they've got quite a lot of power, because obviously the olders have got quite a lot of use for them. then you have links, usually girls who are there for sex. that's how it looks within a gang. if you want to do it very quickly, that is what it looks like. females... females can obviously be at any position, i guess, but they're not going to get much past a younger. if you think about it like a management situation, there's this many olders, then there's a whole

s. 13 gang when she was 15 years old. she agreed to talk to us as long as we don't use her real name or show her face. it would be autumn, was her vendor ripple please don't. sat up says their bosses stopped paying them when the business, as they used to extort closed from parking damage to the no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. you don't want him to we were going to look at the phone with that and i don't know what you mean. and isla hand. thank okay. what i have blog bought a letter call you so, but i thought i saw not or hentaker. lemme that progress am. will they the latter kamala class online, they will drop and do you happen to know them better? not them in your and with her mom mom a matter ah. after ingrid lost her house in the hurricane, she moved to chill loma one of the most dangerous cities in honduras. in 2020, there were a 159 murders here. if they may go esther, still gonna see if this one is a such a dinner funny and those extra ingrid son is 16 years old. around th

now on bbc news, we look at the hidden world of girls in gangs. a warning — some people may find the following programme distressing. the way children have been groomed has been the same for centuries, but the tactics around that exploitation have changed. it's very normalised that girls should be sexualised and sent around. this is a generation that has been born into the internet age. - the boys that are in gangs, they have girlfriends. the girls will do a lot of bad stuff for them just because they are in love with them. he had me selling his drugs for him. i think i was about 12, - they gave me stuff to hold. i looked in the bag and it was a gun. i that was when they were - grooming me for other stuff. lots of people told me to do it, and then you have other people telling you that it's wrong. it was exploitation and it was grooming. when girls are being sexually exploited in gangs, _ there is a level— of humiliation that goes with that that people don't understand, and it isjust terrifying. - i still dream about- the victims that i create

so then you think this is a miscalculation by this criminal gang who kidnapped the 17 people? are they simply asking for too much? well, i think they are they, they've done it before and who knows, i'm not sure how this will play out. i know there's a lot of talk about military intervention in circles in the u. s. the washington post is pushing this so, you know, this is a very fluid situation. it can go many ways. but i think this group, the cut somehow is so is led by a guy, joseph wilson, known as lamore, san ju, who is extremely, it looks to me from watching as videos like a sociopath, very talkative guy, you would think, but the seems to be, have no compunction about what he does, no, no reserves, and what he does, the u. s. has, despite those, you know, people talking about military invention, been fairly quiet when it comes to the situation level. and you said that they won't negotiate with the hostage takers, but there are federal agents, u. s. federal agents on the ground. do you know anything about what they might be doing and is their job just become much more diffi

the gang that took the 16 americans and one canadian wants $1000000.00 per person. the $17000000.00 demand was made to the country chief of christian aid ministries. the missionaries were returning to port a prince after visiting an orphanage in the town of glenfield, which is east of the capital when their bus was seized by gang members. john henderson has worn out from the missions headquarters in the us state of ohio. a haitian gang has put a price on the lives of 17 missionaries, taken captive in port prince. $17000000.00. the ransom amounts to a $1000000.00 for each of the 5 men, 7 women, and 5 children, captured by a group called $400.00. no, was it was, they were building an orphanage. it's a risk haitian missionaries now face daily. it is like living in a war zone. you don't know when you're going to get saw that you don't know one you're going to get can nap. that is a very real concern here in ohio, where many in the religiously conservative our mission mennonite community consider it their christian mission to fund advancements abroad, even as many of the

failing to control armed gangs. since monday workers have been on a general strike after the abduction of group, christian missionaries, the lead of nation gang accused of kidnapping 16 americans and one canadian has threatened to kill them. if a ransom isn't paid, demonstrate has been ties and blocked roads as also anger in the country over an economic crisis. i did not bring up that junior ga to kid. nothing's going on in the country, only impoverishing us from the middle class who have no means. but you see that the rich are not kidnapped and don't know if our truck is not, but i've heard a leather. no, it's not possible that a gallon of gasoline is selling for 1100 goods. president arielle on re you're not worthy of leading the country. go go, don't our yeah, our own read. you could no longer live in the country, go go. manual report has the latest from puerto prince. it's a dangerous situation. it's a complicated situation and after days of having no major updates, really on the status of the 17 hostages, sudde

now the leader of the gang also said that quote, he's willing to put a bullet in the heads of the 17 hostages. if his demands are not met, those demands, of course being $70000000.00 in exchange for the 17 hostages, a cinematographers been killed and indirect, to injured off to act, to alec baldwin, fight approach come on a film says in new mexico, the accident happened during the filming of a 19th century weston entitled ross to where baldwin is playing the lead. no charges have been filed. the chinese property john of a ground has narrowly averted a formal default on its depths, the group reportedly wide funds to atrocity count on thursday. for bond interest payment days before a deadline, tens of thousands of people have joined rival demonstrations in c dawn as tensions grow over its political future. t gas was fine to disperse. protesters trying to reach consume. the u. s. house of representatives house voted to hold donald trump's former ally steve bannon, in contempt of congress. the us attorney general will now decide whether to prosecute baton for refusing to cooperate with a

there are big gangs and little gangs. this happens to be the one involved in this incident, a very, very big gang that has -- um -- branches throughout haiti. it's one of the biggest employers in haiti right now, other than the government. and all the gangs put together are probably the second biggest employer right now in haiti. and that's the kind of situation the economy is in. but behind that, um, these -- these gangs have -- um -- you know, undercover relationships with political figures, political parties. and this is not new in haiti but it -- it's way worse than it's ever been. and these are real -- real gangs with heavy weapons and -- and real vehicles that they can take anywhere, they have tons of suvs. and it's a very scary situation. >>> the extradition of a colombian businessman is fueling the latest standoff between the u.s. and venezuela. alex saab is due in a florida court in the coming hours as he faces charges of money laundering. he is a close aide to venezuelan strong man nicolas maduro and maduro spor

ah, gang violence is not a new phenomenon. hayden, even government leaders have been known to use gangs in the past to exert political control. but locals tell us the scale of the band is reaching unprecedented levels . fullborne seeking, we did not be a big associate. will we need security in this country? we can't go on living like this anymore. we have people with guns everywhere, and police beats us with sticks and everything is really hard for us. we need change in this country. ah, despite the dangers, people still have to go out. if they want to make a living. for many residents of puerto prince and for drivers simply commuting around town is one of the most dangerous activities they can do. running the risk of being kidnapped, being robbed, or getting caught in the crossfire of rival gangs, fighting each other over control of different parts of the city. an estimated 50 percent of territory in the haitian capital is said to be under the control of criminal gangs. and while the case of 17 hostages being held by a gang known as 400 muzzle has attracted international attention for

so what else did the gang leader say? after several days without any major update on the status of the 17 hostages were now seeing a major escalation. significant escalation intentions were referring, of course, that video that was posted on social media by $400.00 mal will. so the gang responsible for this kidnapping, in that video, it appears as though it is a funeral for a member of the gang who is allegedly killed by police on wednesday. and in the gay, the gang leader in the video is addressing arielle on re the countries prime minister directly saying that quote, you have made me cry, tears, i will make you cry blood. the gang leader is also a saying that he's willing to put a bullet in the head of each of the hostages. if his demands are not met. those demands, of course, are $17000000.00 in exchange for 17 hostages. now haiti's, national police is not a, has denied our request for interviews. they've not provided a statement regarding that ongoing investigation, but we'd know that u. s. federal agents are operatin

but in that video that was published on social media by the gang, you can hear the gang leader clearly calling out in the old charl and the audio henri, who are the chief of police and the prime minister of haiti, saying that, quote, you make me cry tears, i'm going to make you cry blood as you can imagine. this is certainly inflamed attentions. here in haiti, people not only concerned about the safety of these uh uh, these missionaries and their families, but concerned over the rise of kidnappings, arise of violent crime. the we've, you've seen it, the spike in crimes like kidnappings and crimes like extortion. and there is concern that this is violence that could escalate into the weekend because we can also hear in that video is the gang leader saying that if he does not get what he wants, he's willing to kill the american hostages. and we also hearing that that the chief of the national police has been sacked so sorry, i'm having audio trouble. if i'm hearing you correctly, there have been protests here in the, in the haitian capital calling for the resignation. specifically of leo

does this gang leader have ambitions to one day rule, haiti. he certainly talks like a politician, comparing himself to one of haiti's most revered leaders in its struggle for independence from france in the 18th century. hey, this is cynthia jones. jak de salon was a great man. the father of the nation who fought hard to free haiti today i am doing the same fighting at the salon. did i am following his dream? the dream of de salaam was to see the wealth of his country b shed equally. he bought out, yeah, outlaw would be revolutionary leader of men in arms. the man they call barbecue is one of the most powerful and enigmatic figures in haiti to day rob reynolds al jazeera, puerto prince. until the news and present brazilian senate committee has recommended president gibe olson aro, faced criminal proceedings for the way he handled the pandemic. it calls on prosecutors to put bolton are on trial for charges ranging up to crimes against humanity, dodge centers, to say many of the countries, $600000.00 karone of ours deaths could have been avoided

s. 13 gang when she was 15 years old. she agreed to talk to us as long as we don't use her real name or show her face. it would be autumn last hadn't please here? no, no, no, no, no sign up says their boss has stopped paying them. when the businesses they used to extort closed from hurricane damage, open to no. no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no one, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. you don't know when we, when you look at the plan with that, not only do you mean we have isla hand, they care what i am lot or a little curious about that. so not all hentaker. lemme that progress am. will they? the lateral kamala dasanya will drop on. do you happen to know them better when i came in with you in order to move to new people something to look at a matter ah, after ingrid lost her house in the hurricane, she moved to cho loma one of the most dangerous cities in honduras in 2020. there were a 159 murders here. if this were me who esther still gonna see if this one is a such a good dinner? sunny the zip code

the boys that are in gangs, they have girlfriends. the girls will do a lot of bad stuff for them just because they're in love with them. he had me selling his drugs for him. i think i was about 12, - they gave me stuff to hold. i looked in the bag and it was a gun. i that was when they were - grooming me for other stuff. lots of people told me to do it, and then you have other people telling you that it's wrong. it was exploitation and it was grooming. when girls are being sexually exploited in gangs, _ i there is a level of humiliationl that goes with that that people don't understand, and it isjust terrifying. - i still dream about- the victims that i created. ijust couldn't see a way out. 0nce they're involved, the purpose is to exploit, to make money, and it is ruthless. ijust couldn't even - look at myself any more. i don't think i wanted to die, ijust wanted to be free of the pain. there is a higher percentage of males that are picked up in terms of criminal exploitation. there is an underrepresentation of females. the way that

you've got gangs. you got the economic situation, high unemployment and devastation of the education system. you've got politics and chaos. ngos are ineffective. other partners outside haiti are having a hard time figuring out how to help. nothing could be more chaotic and unsettling than this whole situation. now you've got the upcoming elections. they have been postponed twice. they were supposed to be early 2020. abide administration expects them to occur and has asked for millions to help it. we do not know whether it is just gonna be to ratify the new constitution, or will they elect new members of parliament and a new executive. who is making those decisions? how do we know who even to negotiate with? who is writing this new constitution? do we have any way to have any kind of input in that? the last measures they took were certainly unconstitutional by the existing system. >> you hit the nail on the head with your question. that is the $64,000 question. that is the issue i think the administrati

we're playing out between bible gangs here in haiti. and again, there's concern that with the social unrest that continues to grow violence could be escalating here in the coming days. non, you're a part of that with all the nation's 1st on the ground important prints. thank you so much, manuel. well meanwhile in ohio, the christian aide ministry group says it's holding a day of fasting and prayer for those. abducted missionaries also pray for the kidnappers, that they would experience the love of jesus and turn to him. and we see that as their ultimate need. we also ask for prayer for government leaders and authorities as they relate to the case and work toward the release of the hostages . we greatly appreciate the work and assistance of people that are knowledgeable and experienced and dealing with the situations like this on the law, the president of panama, costa rica, and the dominican republic have asked for us help to address a record number of migrants crossing through that region and the need is meant to discuss the migrant cr

the lead of the haitian gang accused of kidnapping 17 members of a u. s. based missionary group has threatened to kill them. if a ransom isn't paid, that demanding $1000000.00 for each hostage, 5 of whom children, as negotiations for their release go into their 5th day. that be more protests in the capital over haiti's deteriorating the security situation. demonstrators burnt ties and blocked streets, angry of a fuel shortages and the rising kidnappings. by gangs in a higher the christian age. ministries group says it's holding a day of fasting and prayer. the abducted missionaries, we thank him that he is god and ask him to hear our prayers and bring our families home. we also brave that the light of god's love might shine out against the darkness of sin. that the gang members might be freed from their bondage to sin on your i follow has more from puerto prince. so we're seeing this video that's been published on social media now that apparently shows a funeral of one of the gang members, one of the members of 400 mobiles. oh, which is the gang responsibl

so the deteriorating security and gang violence demonstrate is happening. calling for legal shawls to step down for failing to control armed gangs. since monday work is have been on a general strike, falling the abduction of a group of christian missionaries. my new republic has mo, from puerto prince. that video posted on social media by the gang of $400.00 mobile zone, which is the criminal game responsible for the kid.

a taxed by armed gangs have been increasing in that region aqua. the addresses more on this from a boucher these attacks have been carried out by armed groups in the north that have been operating in the north for them for a state in particular. they've been there for more than a decade and they're killed. thousands of people displeased tens of thousands, most of them crossed into neighboring countries like michelle republic. and because of the recent military operations, they have been dislodged from most of the forest areas they've been occupied in some for a stage. so some of them have spilled over into neighboring states like so could, although they keep talking so could from time to time in from that basis in for, and other parts of north western virginia. but now we understand that these benefits, according to officials, also have moved from their basis after they've been dislodged by military strikes and ground operations there. and they are targeting communities in other parts of north western niger, especially as states like sort of state.

stories on how deserve protests have taken place in haiti over is deteriorating security situation. gang violence, the leader of a haitian gang, accused of kidnapping 16 americans and one canadian and threatened to kill them. if a ransom is unpaid, manual propeller has more from pull to prince. so dangerous situation, it's a complicated situation and after days of having no major updates really on the status of the 17 hostages, suddenly on thursday, a lot of breaking news, a lot of new developments and a, and quite frankly, an escalation of tension here on the ground were referring specifically to that video posted on social media by the gang of $400.00 mobile zone, which is the criminal game responsible for the kidnapping. now in that video, that was published on thursday, it appears to be a funeral of one of the members of the or of the criminal organization that was shot and killed by police. in that video, the leader of the gang addresses arial on re the prime minister of of haiti, specifically saying that he saying that, quote, you have made me cry, tears, i will make you cry blood.

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government is now having to deal with these gangs, and this gang in particular that has been behind a number of kidnappings. >> so yamiche, let's talk about that. because haiti has been hit by so many natural and man-made disasters over the years. papa doc, baby doc, ton ton macoot, the tire necklaces. the violence has been every day part of that country's existence, unfortunately. so what has happened recently? >> well, jose, it's such a good question, because in the last few years, when i've been talking to people on the ground, they've said haiti has always had poverty issues, they've always had dictator issues, leadership issues. but what's changed in the last few years is that gangs became a central part of the problem. so you had gangs starting to take over large swaths of the country. something like 60% of the country is now controlled by gangs, including areas that are right by the haitian white house, where the president lives, or where the president would be living if it wasn't in shambles from the 2010 earthquake, which is a whole another situation, where you have devastati

aliyah was a gang member. she grew up aliyah was a gang member. she grew up in a difficult home. 50. aliyah was a gang member. she grew up in a difficult home.— up in a difficult home. so, my mum met someone. _ up in a difficult home. so, my mum met someone, a _ up in a difficult home. so, my mum met someone, a friend _ up in a difficult home. so, my mum met someone, a friend of _ up in a difficult home. so, my mum met someone, a friend of a - up in a difficult home. so, my mum met someone, a friend of a friend. | met someone, a friend of a friend. he started coming to my house, and then his friend came. they ask you, can you hold this for me, please chris mike and give you some money. they want you to hold drugs or weapons. three floors of people selling drugs from my house, and using my house as a trap house. 0ur life was basicallyjust survival mode at that point. 50. life was basicallyjust survival mode at that point. so, home is not alwa s a mode at that point. so, home is not always a safe _ mode at that point. so, home is not always a safe

oh sure, force by members of the g. 9 gang in puerto prince, wal images of heavily armed gang members marching freely through the city streets might seemed surreal to many. it's a scene that's become quite common in the haitian capital, some gangs like the g 9 or even trying to reinvent their image and appear more like a political organization than a criminal enterprise. hey, yeah. we want to build good schools, good hospitals have good clean water where the sons of the nation ah, on the streets dang, violence seems to be getting worse by the day. and growing insecurity means part of the job of public transport drivers is to always keep an eye out for trouble or hold off of my of when the police could do something for us because they're the law . so they're the ones that should protect us. but they don't do anything back, so we don't know what to do. ah, gang violence is not a new phenomenon and hate, even government leaders have been known to use gangs in the past to exert political control. but locals tell us the scale of the violence is reaching unprecedented levels. fullborne was

does this gang leader have ambitions to one day rule haiti? he certainly talks like a politician. comparing himself to one of haiti's most revered leaders in its struggle for independence from france in the 18th century. hey, this is cynthia jones. jak de salon was a great man, the father of the nation who fought hard to free haiti. today i am doing the same fighting at the salon. did i am following his dream? the dream of de salaam was to see the wealth of his country. we shed equally li, battiata outlaw would be revolutionary leader of men in arms. the man they call barbecue is one of the most powerful and enigmatic figures in haiti to day rob reynolds al jazeera for the prince. onto the news and sedans, state oil company workers have joined a growing civil disobedience movement against mondays. military cou, a coalition of unions has been calling for stripes to protest. the military's power grab general bill santoro bahama says detaining civilian leaders though was necessary to avoid a civil war. the prime minister bela handbook has been al

does this gang leader have ambitions to one day rule haiti . he certainly talks like a politician, comparing himself to one of haiti's most revered leaders in its struggle for independence from france in the 18th century. hey, this is cynthia jones. jak de salon was a great man. the father of the nation who fought hard to free haiti today i'm doing the same fighting at the salon. did. i'm following his dream. the dream of de salaam was to see the wealth of his country. we shed equally li, padaya. outlaw would be revolutionary leader of men in arms. the man they call barbecue is one of the most powerful and enigmatic figures in haiti to day rob reynolds al jazeera for the prince. a committee of brazilian senators is voted to recommend criminal charges against the countries president, for his humbling of upon demik. the attorney general will now have 30 days to decide if jebel sanara should face charges, including crimes against humanity. senators say many of the countries, 600000 corona virus bits, could have been avoided. monica, you, makeovers

what more do we know about this gang, 400 mawozo? >> it is one of the gangs you've been hearing so involved in the huge surge. before this there was 629 kidnappings since january. this is a scourge in daily lives of patience. there's a 300% rise in kidnappings since the month of july. that was the month the haitian president was killed in his own bedroom. one interesting parallel to be made. with the kidnapping taking place back in april. a group of french missionaries kidnapped on april 11th and released at the end of the month. they praised the catholic church to try and compensate for the lack of security. it was that very kidnapping that led to such outrage. we expect a strike and demonstration on the streets of port-au-prince. >> the authorities and the christian aid ministry, do they know the whereabouts of these 17 missionaries at all? >> reporter: for the time being, no word on where they might be. all we noah cording to the security force as you mentioned is the idea of the crew that is apparently behind the kidnappings. fro

so is really coming to the leadership of the gang gangs that do kidnapping. how if the economic and political turmoil fueling base kidnappings? well, it's completely fueling it. i mean, it should say that this whole epic of kidnapping really took a great leap forward. could we say in 2004, when us special forces kidnapped president jean bertrand aristide from his home and in port a prince and flew him into exile. that was kind of was the check the flag to start the kidnapping era. and it really has just mustang to sized across the country in the years since then in these latest years. so there's been a practical collapse of the state. the president, as we know, was assassinated on july 7th. and so the country is drafted. there's, there is practically no central government. it's not seen. it's legitimate. the prime minister is seen as being involved in the presidents, assassination. and so the population, the huge lump and proletariat port prince and the other cities of haiti are basically left to their own devices. and this is allowed a space for these crimin

least one member of the gang. on wednesday, protests and road blocks have become a daily occurrence here in court, a prince. but the anger from demonstrators has grown beyond the worsening security situation there. calling for accountability over widespread fuel shortages, higher prices on communication services, and a lack of leadership from government officials. the case of the 17 hostages has brought international attention to what summer, calling a kidnapping crisis more than 100 kidnappings had taken place. so for this month and more than $700.00 since the start of the year. and a recent report by unicef says there were significantly more abductions of women and children in the 1st 8 months of 2021, than in all of last year. maneuver up a little al jazeera prince. kim ives isn't journalists who have the haiti liberty newspaper. she says much of the violence there is between criminal gangs and vigilante groups. there's really a war going on between different types of popular organizations. there are the crimin

the situation and getting rid of the gang. it's negotiating with them, that would not be an option. but we have to tread carefully and once the americans are out it would be good for the police and the haitian security forces to finish with that particular gang and all the other gangs who are creating problems. >> do you think this gets resolved without that $17 million in ransom being paid? >> i think it's hard to say, but it would be very unfortunate for the $17 million to be paid because that would only reinforce the gang and only finance further kidnappings. so the solution is to short term send, you know, experts, security experts to help the police in this particular situation and midterm to get rid of the gang with a strong security presence around that area, to finish with that gang situation. >> so you say strong security presence. you told kate bolduan yesterday that you believe this legitimacy issue that's been left beby the assassination of the president needs to be solved by an election and you need to look at the

haiti is struggling with an alarming spike in gang-related kidnappings. the country still reeling from those twin tragedies, the assassination of its president and the devastating 7.2-magnitude earthquake that killed more than 2,000 people. tonight, what we're learning about the people allegedly responsible for the kidnapping. >>> today dr. fauci reveals the single-dose johnson & johnson vaccine should have been a two-dose vaccine based on the data presented. just days after an fda advisory panel recommended all j&j vaccine recipients 18 years and older get a booster of the vaccine as early as two months after their first dose. but there's pushback across the country tonight as covid-19 vaccine mandates go into effect. california now just hours away from a statewide school walkout. and chicago's police union chief warned to stop urging officers to defy the mandate there. as their clash with city officials moves to the courts. >>> former president bill clinton released today from a southern california hospital with hillary clinton on his arm, shaking hands

least one member of the gang. on wednesday, protests and road blocks have become a daily occurrence here in puerto prints. but the anger from demonstrators has grown beyond the worsening security situation. they're calling for accountability over widespread fuel shortages, higher prices on communication services, and a lack of leadership from government officials. the case of the 17 hostages has brought international attention to what summer, calling a kidnapping crisis more than 100 kidnappings had taken place. so for this month and more than $700.00 since the start of the year. and a recent report by unicef says the were significantly more abductions of women and children in the 1st 8 month, 2021 than in all of last year. well that speak to manhattan, apalachee is in project friends for us. and many of you hearing any updates on how these negotiations, again, updates in the status of the negotiations, the efforts to free the hostages. anything related to the ongoing investigation has been quite limited. the most

i saw how unusual is it to see gangs marching so openly through the streets of a capital barium. it may seem unusual from the outside and to the average viewer outside of haiti to see the gang leaders marching openly with automatic rifles and, and, and machine guns just through the streets of a city without police saying a word. but here in haiti, this is become quite common place. the estimates that we've heard from security experts here on the ground is that somewhere around half of the territory of ported princes, now under the control of rival gangs. and what we hear from people, we spent a good part of the day today with public transport drivers and commuters who are really some of the big, biggest victims here of the ongoing violence who say that they're angry at the, at the, at the government. they're angry at security officials, but more so than anything they're afraid they're afraid that they may got, they may get caught in the crossfire of what's really become a term for that's playing out on the street support a prince between rival gangs who are buying for control of

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s. 13 gang when she was 15 years old. she agreed to talk to us as long as we don't use her real name or show her face. it would be autumn last hadn't been going on. sat up says their bosses stopped paying them when the businesses they used to extort closed from hurricane damage. open to no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no one, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. you don't. you don't need you to me when you, when we, when you look at the point where you mean we have to go and isla hand, they carry what a hand block or a little curious about i saw not all hentaker. lemme don't focus them. will they? the latter come out with us on the top and do you happen to know them better when i came in? sure i don't know a ah, after ingrid lost her house in the hurricane, she moved to cho loma one of the most dangerous cities in honduras. in 2020, there were a 159 murders here. if they're me who asked us on the me see if this so any a such a get they know fernando 0 ingrid son is 16 years old. around the age that gangs begin recr

what's going to happen is the gangs are making the country unlivable. when the country is unlivable, we see the immediate effect, professionals are leaving haiti in very high numbers, the brain drain is getting even worse. so what i would ask president biden, if i was in office, i would ask him, one, reinforce, you know, sentencing down there, reinforce the haiti national police with supplies and equipment, that would boost morale, and adjust your policy under the haitian military. i know the haitian military has not been a model military in the past, but today's situation on the ground calls for a military in haiti. and you just have to face it. this is needed right now. >> prime minister, thank you for your time. >> thank you very much. >>> coming up for us, former president donald trump is being deposed right now in one of many civil lawsuits gen him on camera, on the record. what a deposition of donald trump could mean for donald trump. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪

what do you know about the gangs and what they're after. >> reporter: we know this gang called 3400 mawozo, which is the gang responsible for this kidnapping. they are one of, if not the most powerful, most destructive gang in haiti and that is saying something because this is a country that has absolutely plagued by gang violence and especially kidnappings, specifically in this year. and they're doing it for money. there is no question about that. not one person that we spoken to said this is a ideological kidnapping that they will be asking for a ransom and one thing that is consistent is that this gang will know about the international media attention, they're going to know that these people are americans and canadians, they're going to know that these are people who are high value targets in their mindset and i've spoken to several analysts who expect the ransom request to be quite high. we know that this gang has complete control where the state can't go. police can't go in a suburb just east of port-au-prince called [ inaudible ], that is an area that this gang completely controls. t