2025-12-27

Explosive devices made from gas cylinders intended for mass casualty event during holiday shopping. Attack foiled by security guards demonstrating importance of private sector security infrastructure. Gangs expanding from territorial control to economic warfare targeting markets hospitals and maritime routes. Multi-domain strategy aims to make Haiti functionally ungovernable by denying state control of critical infrastructure. December 23 maritime attack and December 24 hospital assault show coordinated pressure across sectors. December 27, 2025