Pont-Sondé

Pont-Sondé (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ sɔ̃de], Haitian Creole: Ponsonde) is a town in the communal section of Bocozelle in the Saint-Marc commune, in the Artibonite department of Haiti.

[1][2] Located within the Saint-Marc Arrondissement, Pont-Sondé is located at an important crossroads on the road linking the capital Port-au-Prince to the second largest city of Cap-Haïtien on the northern coast.

[3] When the Haitian national highway was constructed in 1880, a bridge spanning 90 metres (300 ft) across the Artibonite River was built.

In September 2024, during the Gang war in Haiti, personnel from the Anti-Gang Tactical Unit and the Departmental Operations and Intervention Brigade were deployed to Pont-Sondé.

[4] Despite this, the town was attacked by the Grand Grif gang on 3 October 2024, leaving at least 115 people dead.