Despite announcements of increased police interventions, the use of booby-trapped suicide drones, and the presence of officers from the Multinational Security Support Mission, the bandits continue to take over neighborhoods.

After the assault on the town of La Chapelle on Sunday, June 22, the town of Lascahobas is the latest to fall under the control of criminals.

The gang members kidnapped around 50 residents of Lascahobas, whom they filmed and posted on social media.

Throughout the video, they made hostile comments against state authorities and affirmed their determination to conquer new territories.

Heavy gunfire constantly echoes around downtown Port-au-Prince; and the bandits dream of an invasion of the Pétion-Ville commune, according to the newspaper Le National.

At the last Security Council meeting the United Nations declared that 90% of the Haitian capital is under the control of gang members.

The world body warned of the possibility of a total collapse of the State.

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