2025-12-12

Bel-Air has been gang-controlled territory for over a decade experiencing periodic territorial wars between rival factions. The Viv Ansanm coalition formed in 2023 as a federation of previously independent gangs seeking to coordinate control over Port-au-Prince. The coalition structure has always been unstable with member gangs maintaining separate territorial bases and independent leadership structures. Previous internal conflicts within Viv Ansanm resulted in temporary violence followed by negotiated truces brokered by coalition leadership. The Krache Dife splinter represents a more fundamental break suggesting the coalition structure is collapsing under pressure from government security operations and the pending GSF deployment. The PNH non-intervention doctrine emerged gradually throughout 2024 and 2025 as gang territorial control expanded while police capacity remained limited despite Multinational Security Support mission presence. The Council on Foreign Relations assessment notes the fighting has destabilized Viv Ansanm internal hierarchy and raised fears of accelerated gang warfare Friday, December 12, 2025, 7:00 PM Haiti Time across the capital.