Pause in gang warfare

After several days of violent clashes in downtown Port-au-Prince between members of the G9 gang coalition and rival gangs in Bel-Air, a respite was observed on Friday July 29…

PNH : A robber killed

Friday July 29. 2022, the National Police of Haiti (PNH) killed in Carrefour "Tifou", an armed robber who had just ransomed passengers of a minibus. His accomplices managed to escape.

Shipwreck : The cause of the drowning of the 17 victims

The 17 victims who lost their lives (15 women, 1 man and a girl) during the sinking of the boat illegally transporting Haitian migrants off the Bahamas bound for Florida, were taking refuge in a cabin intended to protect them from bad weather and failed to leave the premises at the time of the sinking revealed the Bahamian authorities after investigation See also : https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-37263-haiti-bahamas-latest-information-on-the-haitian-survivors-of-the-shipwreck.html

USGPN agent kidnapped and released within 24 hours

On Thursday July 28, 2022, armed individuals kidnapped 60 Gaby Fils, an agent of the General Security Unit of the National Palace (USGPN) from Tabarre as he was going to his residence. A few hours after his kidnapping, Gaby Fils was released on Friday July 29 by his captors without payment of a ransom.

NOTICE Petit-Goâve : Release order

Me Pierre Elioth Paul, Government Commissioner of the Court of First Instance of Petit-Goâve wishes to inform of the new provision adopted (dated July 26, 2022): "No police commissioner or head of police station is authorized to execute a release order without having previously received express authorization from the Government Commissioner. Any offender will bear all the consequences of his act himself."

Beginning of judicial recess

Friday, July 29, the 2021-2022 judicial year ended and the actors and officials of the judiciary went on vacation as prescribed in the Decree of August 22, 1995 in its article 75 which stipulates "The judicial year begins on the 1st Monday in October and ends on the last Friday in July."

HL/ HaitiLibre