While the Director General of the Haitian National Police (PNH), Rameau Normil, declared on Monday, July 8, 2024, during a press conference at the PNH headquarters in Clercine that "the recess is over," photos circulated on social media in the afternoon showing the main road in Croix-des-Bouquets barricaded with containers.

The photos circulating on social media are authentic, confirmed a source close to the Croix-des-Bouquets city hall contacted by the newspaper. "The criminals have placed and welded containers on National Road #8, forcing drivers who want to reach the town center to take Grande Plaine Street, commonly known as Nan Rakèt, which they fully control," the source indicated. The authorities are powerless against the increasing crimes committed by the bandits who reign supreme in the commune.