Trinidad and Tobago Triggers State of Emergency After Wave of Gang Violence

The Caribbean nation of 1.5 million people suffered a record 623 homicides in 2024, with 263 of them attributed to gang-related tensions.
Trinidad and Tobago Triggers State of Emergency After Wave of Gang Violence
A government building in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on Aug. 20, 2024. Ash Allen, AP
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A record number of murders caused by a rise in gang violence has led the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago to declare a state of emergency.

The Dec. 30, 2024, declaration followed a weekend during which five men were gunned down in what is believed to be a reprisal shooting for a murder outside a police station in the capital, Port of Spain, the previous day.

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