Maybe you've seen the news that Haiti is experiencing a new round of violence and maybe you feel like you've seen this before.

Haiti is generally unstable but now is a particularly chaotic time because of something called

Vive-en-Somme or Live Together which sounds nice but is in fact a formal alliance of

two powerful criminal gangs.

One of Haiti's main gangs has released a slickly produced video currently circulating online.

It shows a well-armed militia, a group prepared to take on the Haitian state and any international force which might be deployed here.

I mean they kill the men, they rape, they burn, they loot.

That's their business. They kidnap. That's their business.

Together they've seized the capital, blocked the prime minister from returning,

looted homes, killed civilians, and delivered a frightening message.

We're in charge.

That's coming up on Today Explained.

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