Guerby Simeus, a Pont-Sondé official, confirmed nearly a dozen deaths after heavily armed gangs attacked the Artibonite region, forcing survivors to flee to Saint-Marc and drawing calls for urgent government intervention.The
Gran Grif gang led by
Luckson Elan, recently sanctioned by the UN and the
US government, is believed responsible for the violence, which has displaced 1.4 million people and exacerbated
Haiti's humanitarian crisis.