Dozens of gangs are terrorizing Haiti's capital, as locals warn the country increasingly feels on the verge of societal collapse.
"Can you see where it came from?" the SWAT members breathlessly asked each other inside the armored vehicle. It provides only a tiny sliver of a window onto the streets outside, which at one moment appear deserted, the next teeming with civilians trying to flee to safety. In the past 72 hours, police have killed a leader of the 400 Mawozo gang and rescued six hostages from them, they say. But the gang - one of dozens terrorizing the capital - have not been dislodged from these streets.
Gangs are also expanding their control in the city's east, where Croix-des-Bouquets lies, and in the north, around Cité Soleil, observers said. Kidnappings are rampant and indiscriminate -- one of few thriving industries in Haiti. Seventeen American and Canadian missionaries were kidnapped last year after visiting an orphanage in Croix-des-Bouquets, and only released after a ransom was paid to the 400 Mawozo gang. Police, often outgunned, are doing what they can, Elbe tells CNN.
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