Haiti - Insecurity : Mexican humanitarian aid blocked by gangs
The 2,000 tons of humanitarian aid from the Mexican Government arrived in Haiti on Friday September 3, 2021 aboard the Frigate ARM "Papaloapan" (A-411) and the ARM "Libertador"(BAL-02) https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34671-haiti-news-zapping.html could not be unloaded due to the climate of violence and insecurity in Haiti, revealed Wednesday, September 8 the President of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador, in his conference of weekly press.
He specified that on several occasions "there were shots fired from automatic weapons" and the Mexican authorities decided for reasons of staff safety, to anchor the boats offshore and to wait for better conditions and guarantee of security to disembark Mexican humanitarian aid, which includes among other things medical equipment, including a mobile hospital, medicines and food intended for the victims of the earthquake
"[...] There are already several expeditions and we had problems unloading the food, because the gangs control part of Haiti" reported the Mexican President referring to one of the operations, the unloading of food which had to be suspended, explaining "The goods had started to be unloaded, the teams had almost finished half, when riots broke out..."
