The Haitian authorities have resolved to combat organized crime in the Artibonite department, according to an official statement from the Ministry of Justice and Public Security (MJSP) released on the afternoon of Thursday, October 3, 2024.

Published just hours after the massacre of dozens of people in Pont-Sondé by the Gran Grif gang of Savien, the statement declares that “formal instructions have been issued to the Haitian National Police (PNH) to restore order and neutralize all those who spread terror in the Artibonite department.”