FLASH : Dominican Diplomat Kidnapped, released

Roberto Álvarez, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic, announced this Wednesday, May 4, 2022 that the Counselor of the Dominican Embassy in Haiti, Carlitin Guillen Tatis, kidnapped on April 29, has been released by his captors, ensuring that the diplomat is in good health. No details on the conditions of this release. To be continued...

The owner of ADEKO and his 5-year-old son kidnapped

On the evening of May 2, 2022 in the Delmas 83 area, heavily armed men kidnapped businessman Jean Marc Antoine, President of "ADEKO Enterprises S.A." An international freight transport company, as well as his 5-year-old son.

Warning : Risk of Chaos

Following the territorial war between the "400 Mawozo" and "Chen Mechan" gangs https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-36536-haiti-gang-war-the-pnh-in-the-combat-zone.html , the December 4, 2013 Collective and allied organizations, in a note, warn the State authorities "[...] Any attempt to deny the right of the population to security could give them reason to want to obtain it, by performing acts of self-defense likely to lead to chaos [...]"

A pastor kidnapped in Pétion-ville

On May 2nd, 2022, armed individuals kidnapped, around 3:00 p.m. on the road to Frères, Pétion-ville the Pastor and entrepreneur Alcero Marc Arthur.

ULCC : The President of the Pétion-ville Council invited to explain himself

Kesner Normil, the President of the Municipal Council of Pétion-ville is invited by the commission of inquiry of the Anti-Corruption Unit (ULCC) on Monday May 9, 2022. He will have to answer questions from the ULCC relating to the authorization from the town hall granted to the company "Lakay Fun World S.A" to commercially exploit the Saint-Pierre public square in Pétion-Ville for recreational purposes. Normil would have made the decision to rent the place to this company for a period of 25 years.

Very worrying situation in the Cul-de-sac plain

The situation is still very worrying in the Cul-de-sac plain. Bursts of heavy weapons were heard during the day in several neighborhoods. According to several unofficial sources, the "400 Mawozo" gang succeeded in dislodging the "Chen Mechan" gang from its stronghold in Butte Boyer and seizing the territory (information to be taken with the usual reservations). Despite the presence of 2 armored vehicles and personnel, the police did not manage to regain control of the situation.

HL/ HaitiLibre