During the first two weeks of March, Haiti, which is almost four times smaller than the state of New York, recorded 208 gang-related killings, 164 injuries, and 101 kidnappings. The United Nationsexpressed deep concern about the recent surge of extreme violence in the small Caribbean nation that shares an island with the Dominican Republic.

Nearly 200 people have been killed in about three weeks after gangs started a war over territory near the Haitian capital city of Port-au-Prince, a recent report by the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) said.