The United States has announced new directives to combat escalating violence in Haiti, pledging full support for a new United Nations anti-gang force that includes Kenya. This comes amid reports, later refuted, of Kenyan officers' deaths.

• The U.S. will utilize all available tools, including indictments, arrests, financial sanctions, and visa restrictions, to target those undermining Haitian security.
• The Gang Suppression Force (GSF), a successor to the Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti led by Kenya, will be strengthened, with the UN Support Office in Haiti assisting coordination.
• Rumors of two Kenyan officers dying last week during an operation against the Gran-Griff gang were refuted by the GSF, which confirmed all personnel were unharmed.