U.S. seeks UN authorization for new 'Gang Suppression Force' to tackle escalating violence in Haiti

UNITED NATIONS — The United States announced Thursday that it is seeking U.N. authorization for a new “Gang Suppression Force” to help tackle the escalating violence in Haiti , where armed groups have expanded their brutal activities from the capital into the countryside. Acting U.S. Ambassador Dorothy Shea made the announcement at a U.N. Security Council meeting, but it was unclear how it would differ from the Kenya-led Multinational Security Support force now deployed in the violence-torn Caribbean nation