The judicial police have arrested an individual in a house in Pernier where two corpses were discovered and harvested organs were being stored in containers, Le Nouvelliste learned on Wednesday, May 21, 2024. “The bodies of a man and a woman were found in body bags. The Central Directorate of the Judicial Police (DCPJ) also found organs in containers,” a police source revealed in the late afternoon, as videos of the apprehended individual and the nearly dried-up corpses circulated on social media. The footage also shows severed, desiccated organs preserved in containers.

"Evidence points to organ trafficking. But the investigation is ongoing," the source added, declining to provide further details. “I was on site as part of this operation in my capacity as mayor of Pétion-Ville,” said Kesner Normil, who referred inquiries to the Haitian National Police (PNH) for more information.