For more than two months, the rural areas of Kenscoff and some neighborhoods of Carrefour, two
communes in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince, have been experiencing repeated attacks by
criminal gangs. Between 27 January and 27 March 2025, these attacks resulted in serious human
rights abuses. At least 262 people were killed (115 members of the population and 147 gang
members), and 66 others were injured (59 members of the population and seven gang members)1.
Eight members of the security forces were also killed (4) and injured (4).
Gang members displayed extreme brutality, aiming to instill fear within the population. They
executed men, women, and children inside their homes and shot others on roads and paths as they
tried to flee the violence, including an infant. Sexual violence was also committed against at least
seven women and young girls during the planning and execution of the attacks. The gangs also
ransacked several homes and set fire to more than 190 of them. These attacks forced more than
3,000 people to flee their localities2