2026-01-06
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
Artibonite Department experienced escalating gang violence throughout 2025 with the October BINUH report
documenting a 210 percent increase in intentional homicides from 419 victims in January through August 2024 to
1,303 victims in the same 2025 period. The UN Panel of Experts identified in September that gangs were
consolidating control across a corridor from Centre to Artibonite to establish territorial continuity with
Port-au-Prince.