Guns and weapons trafficked from US fueling Haiti gang violence
by Oliver Laughland from US news | The Guardian on (#6KB7C)
Experts say most guns smuggled from states with lax firearms laws such as Florida, Arizona and Georgia
As Haiti has again plunged into violent chaos, images of gang members bearing high-powered rifles, pump action shotguns or automatic weapons in the streets of Port-au-Prince have become ubiquitous.
But this weaponry is not made in Haiti, a country with no firearms or ammunition manufacturing capabilities.
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