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Haiti - FLASH : Heavy assessment, 12 months of fear, violence and insecurity in the Great South
02/06/2022 10:12:18

Haiti - FLASH : Heavy assessment, 12 months of fear, violence and insecurity in the Great South
The Association of Owners and Drivers of Haiti (APCH) has drawn up a partial assessment of the acts of violence that took place between June 2021 and May 2022 in the great South.

June 2021:
53 vehicles used as barricades;
2 drivers seriously injured by bullets;
6 cargo trucks hijacked.

July 2021:
Vehicles used to block roads;
1 minibus burned;
18 recorded attacks against vehicles;
25 cases of truck hijacking and kidnapping.

August 2021:
August 4: A Fontamara driver is killed at the wheel, passengers die and the body spends several days on the ground devoured by dogs...

August 5 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. many cars were shot at. Several drivers and passengers were injured.

September 2021:
September 13,14,15: Several vehicles are used to block the roads from Fontamara 43 to Martissant 7 under the threat of armed men;
A Carrefour driver is killed while driving his car.

October 2021:
October 11: several cars are hijacked in Martissant. The bandits rob all the people and loot their cars;

October 13: Bandits from Martissant invade and block the main road and demand that only pedestrians and motorcycles pass. They search everyone and steal what they have;

October 18, 19 and 25, 26 and 27: the transport sector goes on strike in an attempt to force the state to assume its responsibilities.

October 31: The bandits of Martissant kidnapped 2 truckers and their trucks loaded with gas with which they left.

November 2021:
7 trucks hijacked, 6 drivers kidnapped;

Several trucks and buses used to barricade streets and people at gunpoint;

Several motorcyclists who bought gasoline in Carrefour were killed and many others were injured by unidentified gunmen;

A Carrefour driver and his wife were killed while passing through Martissant; several passengers were injured;

Several large buses making the trip to Les Cayes, small buses in Jacmel, Petit-Goâve- and Miragoâne diverted and passengers stripped of all their valuables;

From November 22, armed men standing in the middle of the street in Martissant hold drivers to ransom and demand a right of way of 500 to 5,000 gourdes depending on what they are transporting.

December 2021:
4 vehicles passing through Martissant are the target of fire. Among them 2 buses, a van and a motorcycle. Balance sheet 7 dead and about thirty wounded;

December 5, 6: Several transport vehicles hijacked in the neighborhoods of Martissant. Assessment: a dead passenger, a driver wounded by bullet;

From December 7 to 14: bandits issue an ultimatum not to cross Martissant the ultimatum is respected;

24-29 December: buses from Jérémie, Les Cayes, Léogâne, Carrefour are hijacked and shot at. Assessment: 4 passengers killed, several others injured, 1 truck driver killed and trade unionist Guy Polynice Coordinator of the United Front of Transporters and Workers of Haiti (FUTRAH) killed by several bullets and his body burned https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-35572-haiti-news-zapping.html

January 2022:
The Martissant bandits searched several public and private vehicles;

January 5 to 17: bandits from Fontamara and Martissant hijacked all passing public transport vehicles and trucks;

Trade unionist Paul Loulou Chery and his wife were kidnapped https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-35670-haiti-news-zapping.html ;

January 25: Village bandits hijacked 2 freight trucks. The owner paid 650,000 Gourdes only to recover his trucks and then pay for the diverted goods.

February:
February 7: Several Southern bus drivers kidnapped;

February 9: The driver of Petit-Goâve Lazarus is killed at the wheel of his vehicle.
Many other bus drivers were abducted and others fled their vehicles;

February 25: a shooting in a crowded bus, a policeman killed and a bandit arrested.

March 2022:
March 16 to 20: transport strikes in the Deep South;
March 29: Great mobilization against insecurity

April 2022:/
April 11 Armed bandits kill trade unionist Chrismane Disposé;
Several buses diverted to Martissant;
At least 100,000 Gourdes claimed by the bandits to recover the hijacked cars.

May 2022:
May 12: bandits and armed men assassinate trade unionist Sainvalis Pascal in Lamentin 54;
May 23: Bandits from Martissant and Fontamara stand at the edge of the street to hold passers-by to ransom;
May 30: Shooting in a Voix des Anges Bus in Martissant 2 passengers injured one dead. https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-36794-haiti-flash-a-bus-with-43-passengers-targeted-1-dead-and-2-seriously-injured.html

HL/ HaïtiLibre / Association of Owners and Drivers of Haiti (APCH)

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