Haiti's escalating violence causes concern for UN and FBI.

The head of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) has warned of an "alarming" surge in violence in the country, with the number of criminal incidents more than doubling since last year. Over 1,600 homicides, rapes, kidnappings and lynchings were reported in the first quarter of 2023, up from 692 such incidents in the same period a year earlier. Gang violence is expanding at an alarming rate in areas previously considered relatively safe in Port-au-Prince and outside the capital, with the Haitian National Police "severely understaffed and ill-equipped" to address the violence.