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Prime Minister declares state of emergency in Trinidad and Tobago amid rising gang violence

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The Trinidad and Tobago government has declared a state of emergency due to ongoing gang violence. Multiple incidents of shootings have been reported, including the deaths of a 57-year-old woman and a gang member. The government plans to use the state of emergency to launch an anti-gang crackdown, suspending bail and allowing suspected criminals to be held for up to 48 hours without charge.

  1. TT
    Fitzgerald Hinds
    1. So as a result, we consider that this declaration of a public emergency is to confront the criminals and to allow law enforcement easier access than ordinary to them, in light of the crises they have presented to this country.
  2. TT
    Stuart Young
    People's National Movement
    1. Over the last month or so, and in fact building up to this, the government has been concerned about the use of high-powered, illegal firearms — high-calibre firearms including automatic weapons that unfortunately are a scourge throughout the whole Caribbean region.
    2. But I can say, throughout Trinidad and possibly Tobago, [criminal gangs] are likely to immediately increase their brazen acts of violence in reprisal shootings on a scale so extensive that it threatens persons and will endanger public safety.
    3. There can be expected heightened reprisal activities by the criminal elements in and around certain places in Trinidad and Tobago that immediately warranted and took us out of what we can consider the norm.
    4. The declaration and calling of a public state of emergency is something that is not taken lightly.
  3. US
    US State Department
    1. Exercise increased caution in Trinidad and Tobago due to terrorism and kidnapping.

sources

  1. 1.The Guardian
  2. 2.CTV News
  3. 3.BBC
  4. 4.Al Jazeera
  5. 5.The New York Times
  6. 6.CNN
  7. 7.Daily Express

perspectives

  1. 1.Organized crime

countries

  1. 1.HaitiHT
  2. 2.JamaicaJM
  3. 3.Trinidad and TobagoTT
  4. 4.United StatesUS
  5. 5.Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic ofVE

organizations

  1. 1.Government Accountability Office
  2. 2.US State DepartmentUS
  3. 3.Office of Citizen Protection
  4. 4.People's National Movement
  5. 5.Small Arms Survey
  6. 6.Stockholm International Peace Research InstituteSE
  7. 7.United National Congress

persons

  1. 1.Stuart YoungTT
  2. 2.Christine Kangaloo
  3. 3.Keith Rowley
  4. 4.Calvin Lee
  5. 5.Curtis Williams
  6. 6.Kamla Persad-Bissessar
  7. 7.Kirsten Donovan
  8. 8.Kylie Madry
  9. 9.Michael Rios
  10. 10.Rod Nickel
  11. 11.Ulrika Richardson

technicals

  1. 1.Caribbean Sea
  2. 2.AK-47 Rifle
  3. 3.AR-15 Rifle
  4. 4.Carnival