The Lower Artibonite is once again the scene of violence. On social media, gangs are staging their abuses. The images being shared, as always, have the feel of déjà vu — already seen, already done — and confirm the persistence of a terror that nothing mitigates or combats. The leader of Gran grif, Luckson Élan, before the violence that erupted in Pont-Sondé beginning on November 25, had warned of his intentions to spill blood, to burn houses in Decode and Labé in retaliation for the interception of ammunition valued at 7.5 million gourdes, explained Ms. Horace. Ten deaths have been counted since the start of this new wave of violence. It is possible that there are more dead. La Potrie, located in the heights of Pont-Sondé, is inaccessible, said to Le Nouvelliste on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, Bertide Horace, a human rights activist who has made enemies.

Yesterday (Tuesday), the list of confirmed deaths grew longer. Three young men were shot dead. Bandits from Gran grif, addressing those from the “coalition,” including one Genève and Ti Mépri, claimed responsibility for the act. “These are the men you sent to Genève,” one can hear in a video posted on social media. Meanwhile, the displaced, forced to flee the violence, fear new clashes. On this land where death drags its sting, convictions are forming. “We are living in the Lower Artibonite a situation of undeclared civil war,” said Bertide Horace of the Commission for Dialogue and Awareness to Save the Artibonite. For the moment, there is no indication of escalation. Luckson Élan, standing firm, quick to assert his superiority over the “coalition,” has threatened to raise the level of terror, “to do in Pont-Sondé what he had done in Liancourt.” He said so without inhibition in a message dated December 2. The leader of the Gran grif gang of Savien also stated that if he wished, he could instruct his men to march on Saint-Marc, the main city of the Lower Artibonite. Referring to the offensives by the criminals of Canaan in Montrouis, he suggested that Saint-Marc is caught in a vise.