2026-01-11

National Route No. 1 impassable at Montrouis since January 6 severing Port-au-Prince from Cap-Haitien and northern Haiti blocking commercial and humanitarian traffic. December 23 gang attack displaced 1,120 individuals to Saint-Marc demonstrating gang control of strategic infrastructure chokepoints beyond Port-au-Prince. Route severance halts food fuel and goods movement between capital and northern agricultural hubs creating economic isolation and humanitarian access constraints. PM Fils-Aime January 10 claim that security forces recovering territories directly contradicted by route impassability and continued displacement five days before statement. Infrastructure crisis reveals divergence between government security messaging and operational reality complicating stakeholder assessment of transition viability. January 11, 2026