Two 9mm caliber pistols and two telephones recovered by the Haitian police in an intervention in Tabarre on Feb. 15. Photo by PNH
Two 9mm caliber pistols and two telephones recovered by the Haitian police in an intervention in Tabarre on Feb. 15. Photo by PNH

PORT-AU-PRINCE — Authorities have killed  16 suspected bandits and arrested another 369 in an Haitian National Police (PNH) operation dubbed ‘Tornado I.’ Agency spokesperson Garry Desrosiers said the operation, launched following the killings of 15 PNH officers in January, is to arrest the gang leader responsible for the assassinations.

The 16 suspected bandits killed, 12 were in the country’s western department and four in the center region, Desrosiers said in a Feb. 15 press conference presenting PNH’s progress.

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I am Juhakenson Blaise, a journalist based in the city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. I cover the news that develops in this city and deals with other subjects related to the experience of Haitians for the Haitian Times newspaper. I am also a lover of poetry.