Gangs and Police in a Constant Game of Hide-and-Seek

“Police officers retake areas in the morning, but those same areas change hands by evening,” lamented human rights defender Fritznel Pierre on November 24, 2025, on Magik 9.

Gangs and Police in a Constant Game of Hide-and-Seek

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A real game of hide-and-seek has been unfolding in downtown Port-au-Prince for nearly two years. Fritznel Pierre denounces a dangerous dynamic that prevents any lasting stabilization in the city center.

Since March 2024, this strategic area of the capital has been plunged into permanent instability. Pierre recalls that despite the bloody landscape that prevails there, the security forces “remain determined and are redoubling their efforts” to retake occupied territories. However, the gains do not hold. “We recaptu

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