Bone-chilling: In Haiti, police are launching drone strikes on capital city to kill hundreds and releasing the videos!

Haiti is witnessing government-sanctioned drone strikes being conducted by the National Police for the past few months in which at least 300 people have been killed. Russian Telegram channels have shared a video released by the Haitian police force showing First-Person View (FPV) drones entering buildings and exploding—taking out targets. These drones stealthily enter high-rises and rooftops where gang members are hiding, giving the enemy little chance to escape. The footage closely resembles the propaganda videos shared by both Kyiv and Moscow throughout the ongoing invasion.

 

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are reportedly unhappy that the Haitian police are using drones supplied to them to target gang members in the capital city of Port-au-Prince. Canada donated the drones and trained Haitian National Police personnel to use them strictly for surveillance purposes. However, it has emerged that the drones have been used in "kamikaze" missions instead. Drones are bought and those officers who were trained by teams from Canada are now working like drone units of Ukraine and Russia on the battlefronts in another part of the world!

 

A police force being forced to use drones on suicide missions in the national capital talks volume about the predicament Haiti is in. An alliance of gangs control 80% of Port-au-Prince to date and even US funding and Kenyan intervention have helped government counter-offensive yet. Perhaps the Caribbean island remains one of the dangerous places on earth for travellers as the rule of the law is nearly absent in its capital city.

 

The violence unleashed by these gangs has forced over a million people from their homes in the capital, and hundreds of security officers have lost their lives. It is therefore understandable why the drone strikes are welcomed by the people of Haiti, with the government facing little to no questioning.

 

 

 

However, the officers trained by the RCMP gradually started taking the backseat and private military contractors were tasked to lead the drone strikes on bandit positions, New York Times said in a report. Corruption is prevalent in Haiti, and the government believes that the fewer police officers involved, the lower the chances of gangs learning about impending strikes. To maintain the element of surprise and avoid leaks, bringing in private players is seen as the best option, the report pointed out. 

 

Canada's criticism of the "illegal use" of the drones are strengthened by the accusation of some human rights groups that point out none of the 300 casualties are high-profile leaders of the criminal coalition. Only foot soldiers are killed by these drones and there is no gatekeeping in place to ensure targeted killings of unarmed individuals are not taking place as a part of the operation involving hired contractors. Gangs have confirmed that they have lost several men to the drone strikes but have not lost an inch so far, the New York Times report said. 

 

 

Lethal drone strikes can be legally justified only if a nation is engaged in an officially declared “armed conflict.” Despite the ruthless gangsters having claimed thousands of lives—setting fire to hospitals, ambulances, and residential areas in Port-au-Prince—Haiti is still not officially considered to be in an “armed conflict.” This makes the legal situation even more complicated.

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