Between January 10 and 26, 2023, eighteen police officers were killed by Gan Grif, a gang operating in Port-au-Prince.
The killings sparked riots in Port-au-Prince by Haitian police officers and police-affiliated gang Fantom 509, along with international condemnation.
Since the government's de facto collapse in 2018, Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince has become a hotbed of anarchic gang activity with brutal murders and spates of killing.
[3] On January 17, a convoy of the National Police (PNH) came under attack by gang members, killing one and injuring one more.
[2] Around the time of the protests, unelected Prime Minister Ariel Henry was arriving back in Haiti from a meeting in Miami, Florida.