[Haiti] Battles: Armed clash

Summary

Single-source ACLED detection — awaiting independent verification. Armed clashes occurred on April 6, 2025, in Mirebalais, Centre department, Haiti, between police forces backed by local self-defense groups and gang members from the Canaan Gang and 400 Mawozo Gang during a security operation. One gang leader was reportedly killed as part of what appears to be a broader offensive against criminal groups in the region.

Supply chain impact

No commodities or chokepoints are directly mapped to this event; second-order effects depend on how the situation escalates and whether gang violence spreads to Haiti's limited commercial infrastructure or disrupts overland transport corridors connecting the central region to Port-au-Prince.

Watch points

• Expansion of gang activity or counter-operations to major transport routes between central Haiti and the capital region
• Escalation that could affect fuel distribution networks or basic commodity flows in an already fragile supply environment
• Whether this represents isolated local enforcement or part of a coordinated national security campaign