The last three weeks have seen targeted and sustained joint security operations conducted by Multinational Mission for Security Support (MMSS) personnel and the Haitian National Police (PNH) in gang-controlled areas, including downtown Port-au-Prince, Ganthier, Delmas.

The joint operations have resulted in the pacification of key areas that are now under control, with dominant patrols, including several streets in Delmas, including Delmas 33, 31, 24, 22, 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, and 4, which were completely under gang control prior to the operations.

The joint day and night patrols currently underway in the streets and peri-urban areas have seen the population begin to return. Signs of activity, such as residents clearing debris and cleaning the streets, have been observed. The pacified areas include Avenue Hailé Sélassié, the Boulevard Toussaint Louverture (Airport Road), Avenue Henri Christophe, Street Capois, Avenue Christophe, Avenue Lamartinière (Bois Verna), Réunion Street, Avenue la fleur du chêne, Avenue de la République, Capois Street (Champs de Mars), Saint-Honoré Street, Grand’Rue (Blvd Jean Jacques Dessalines), Street Saint Honoré, Avenue Magloire Amboise, Route des Dalles (Eglise Wesleyenne). Normalcy is slowly returning in these areas

The area around the Police Academy is also being pacified. This has seen the re-opening of the Academy with hundreds of new recruits currently undergoing training, this has also seen MSS opening its first Forward Operating Base (FOB) at the Academy to ensure the security of the recruits. A number of gang leaders have been sending emissaries for truce and dialogue, but the joint message from the Prime Minister Garry Conille, Director General HNP Normil Rameau and MSS Force Commander SAIG Godfrey Otunge is very clear : "surrender, lay down your weapons and be ready to be prosecuted for the atrocities you committed."

HL/ HaitiLibre