On Thursday, May 28, 2026, heavily armed men from the gang led by Chief "Krisla" took control of Haiti's (EDH) Power Plant #2, located in Thorland, in the Carrefour municipality.

Following threats of a takeover the previous week, "Krisla's" men acted and peacefully seized the power plant's facilities, demanding the immediate evacuation of all personnel on site. According to internal accounts, no employees were physically harmed, and no major damage to the infrastructure was reported.

"Krisla" justified this occupation with a specific demand : he insisted that Carrefour receive a continuous power supply of at least eight hours a day, specifically to ensure the broadcast of matches during the 2026 World Cup !

This attack dealt a fatal blow to EDH's electricity production. Following the shutdown of the Péligre hydroelectric plant and the sabotage of five pylons on the 115 kV high-voltage transmission line on June 17, 2025, the city of Port-au-Prince finds itself without any of its power plants. Indeed, of the three Carrefour plants, only Plant #2 remained operational, supplying 5 megawatts to the EDH grid.

Now, the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area can only rely on the 25 megawatts provided by the private company E-Power, which is sufficient to power only about ten of EDH's 45 circuits in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area.

This takeover of a strategic infrastructure exacerbates the collapse of essential public services (schools, hospitals, transportation) already crippled by the influence of criminal groups in the metropolitan region.

SL/ HaitiLibre