The capture of the commune of Montrouis at the start of this weekend poses a direct threat to Saint-Marc, the only commune in the Lower Artibonite still entirely outside the control of armed gangs.

Montrouis, long recognized as Haiti’s tourism capital, has definitively fallen this weekend. This time, it was not a new episode of internal conflict between residents, but a swift and complete takeover by the armed coalition Viv Ansanm.