Deadly gangs in Haiti are expanding their reach to include control over key sea and road routes as police in the beleaguered Caribbean island nation are being accused of using “unnecessary and disproportionate lethal force and summary executions.” At least 26 gangs operate in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas with “alarming levels of violence.” Some 1.4 million people have been forced to flee their homes and thousands more have died. A new UN human rights office report published on Tuesday in Geneva details the impacts of the expanding reach of gangs on Haitians’ human rights, amid persistent and deadly violence – more than 5,500 died as a result last year. During the same period, gangs have expanded their operations beyond the capital pushing into its outskirts and moving north into the Artibonite and Centre departments, the report states.…