Thursday at a press conference, the deputy spokesman of the National Police of Haiti (PNH), Garry Desrosiers announced that the Ministry of Justice had created a Task Force in partnership with the Central Directorate of the Judicial Police, the Public Prosecutor's Office and the Secretariat of State for Public Security.

This Task Force is composed of 20 police officers, which is responsible for problems of insecurity at the borders. This unit will have the task of collecting complaints from the population concerning cases of spoliation.

This Task Force will have full power to carry out interventions and arrest individuals attempting to illegally take possession of small peasant lands or who are involved in acts of violence in land conflicts.

Garry Desrosiers indicated that the Ministry of Justice intended to extend this type of unit throughout the country.

PI/ HaitiLibre