Vigilante justice is on the rise in Haiti as more people fight back against violent robberies and other crimes committed by gang members. A Haitian human rights group says at least 160 suspected gang members have been killed by civilians.

Ever since the assassination of President Jovenel Moise over two years ago, Haiti has been in the grips of a political and security crisis that has left much of the civilian population at the mercy of brutal,

Old cars, used tires and barbed wire block off the biggest neighborhood in the capital of Haiti. Gun-toting gangsters have been robbing, raping and murdering the innocent. Now the people are rising up.

Almost no kidnappings were recorded in the last month and there were 43 gang-linked murders, down from 146 in the first three weeks of April, a human-rights group said.