US EditionRights Group: Haiti Gang Attack Kills At Least 70
Rights groups said the attack killed at least 70 people and displaced nearly 6,000, far above the 16 deaths initially reported by police.
- On March 28–30, armed Gran Grif gang members attacked Jean-Denis in Petite-Riviere, Artibonite, burning homes and setting roadblocks that forced nearly 6,000 people to flee.
- The United States designated Gran Grif and Viv Ansanm as Foreign Terrorist Organizations last year, citing them as "the primary source of instability and violence in Haiti."
- Police confirmed 16 fatalities, though rights group Defenders Plus reported at least 70 people killed, with gang control of the area hindering verification efforts.
- United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric condemned the violence, while advocacy groups criticized the delayed police response and "abandonment of Artibonite to armed groups."
- More than 1.4 million Haitians have been displaced by gang violence, and this massacre threatens the Artibonite region's agricultural output, intensifying calls for sustained international security intervention.
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Armed gangs continue attacks on Haitian farmers on third consecutive day
Farming communities in Haiti’s Lower Artibonite region continued to come under renewed attacks Tuesday as armed men aligned with the Gran Grif gang swept through several rural towns on the outskirts of the city of Marchand-Dessalines, firing weapons and forcing…
By Reuters - Gunmen carried out new attacks on Tuesday in Haiti's agricultural region of Artibonite, just days after a weekend gang assault in the Jean-Denis area left some 70 dead, according to human rights groups and local residents. National police reported they were conducting operations in several areas of Artibonite on Tuesday.
Haiti gangs continue attacks in breadbasket region after massacre
Armed men mounted further attacks in Haiti’s breadbasket Artibonite region on Tuesday, days after a gang’s weekend assault in the area of Jean-Denis left about 70 people dead, according to human rights groups and local residents
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