The U.S. on Thursday deported dozens more people to Haiti following a recent gang attack that left 47 dead and more than 50 kidnapped. (AP/Gérard Maxineau)Blood stains the ground left behind by the victim of a gang attack in the Kenscoff neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)Haitians deported from the United States deplane at the international airport in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Ketlain Difficile)Haitians deported from the United States deplane at the international airport in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Ketlain Difficile)Women cry at the site where their relatives were killed in a gang attack in the Kenscoff neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)Residents try to flip over a car to block a street as they protest for police intervention after deadly gang attacks in the Kenscoff neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)The U.S. on Thursday deported dozens more people to Haiti following a recent gang attack that left 47 dead and more than 50 kidnapped. (AP/Gérard Maxineau)Blood stains the ground left behind by the victim of a gang attack in the Kenscoff neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)Blood stains the ground left behind by the victim of a gang attack in the Kenscoff neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)Haitians deported from the United States deplane at the international airport in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Ketlain Difficile)Haitians deported from the United States deplane at the international airport in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Ketlain Difficile)Haitians deported from the United States deplane at the international airport in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Ketlain Difficile)Haitians deported from the United States deplane at the international airport in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Ketlain Difficile)Women cry at the site where their relatives were killed in a gang attack in the Kenscoff neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)Women cry at the site where their relatives were killed in a gang attack in the Kenscoff neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)Residents try to flip over a car to block a street as they protest for police intervention after deadly gang attacks in the Kenscoff neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)Residents try to flip over a car to block a street as they protest for police intervention after deadly gang attacks in the Kenscoff neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s National Police faced mounting criticism Thursday over why authorities failed to prevent a recent gang attack in which 47 people were killed and more than 50 kidnapped.Police spokesperson Garry Desrosiers took only a handful of questions from journalists at a news conference Thursday, just days after gangs attacked Kenscoff, a once-peaceful farming community nestled in the hills near Port-au-Prince.Asked what police are planning to do about those kidnapped, Desrosiers said he could not answer that question publicly.One gang leader has threatened to execute all the hostages if any gang members are killed as police work to secure Kenscoff.Desrosiers expressed condolences to all those affected by the violent attack launched late Sunday.More than 2,600 people were displaced, according to the U.N. International Organization for Migration, and anger and frustration are mounting. Desrosiers said police are working on helping them return home, but he did not provide specifics.One journalist questioned whether there was any intelligence gathered prior to the attack, with Desrosiers responding that authorities have been working on gathering intelligence.He added that police are aware that one gang leader is threatening to attack Tabarre, a neighborhood within Port-au-Prince where the U.S. embassy is located.Vladimir Paraison, head of Haiti’s National Police, was not present at the news conference. He recently defended security measures in Kenscoff and said that an investigation was underway to establish the truth about the attack “whether due to complicity or negligence.”Between January and August this year, security operations had managed to reduce violence in Kenscoff by 66% prior to Sunday’s attack, according to the nonprofit Armed Conflict Location & Event Data.As Haiti reels from the attack, the U.S. on Thursday deported dozens more people to the troubled country.Among the deportees was a professional boxer, who said he was born in the Bahamas.Dabelus said he left the Bahamas when he was about 6 years old and had been living for more than 20 years in the United States before he was detained.
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