Former police officer Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier, and leader of an alliance of armed groups, speaks to a news outlet on a mobile phone during a news conference, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 11, 2024. (Photo by Ralph Tedy Erol/Reuters)





Police patrol the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 20 March 2024. At least seven bodies appeared this 20 March in the streets of Petion-ville, in the hills of Haiti's capital, two days after at least fifteen other people were found dead in the same area. The bodies appeared, some shot and others charred, while the services in charge collected the bodies and placed them in coffins, as EFE was able to verify. Haiti's Prime Minister, Ariel Henry, resigned on 11 March 2024 after weeks of crisis and gang violence in the country. (Photo by Mentor David Lorens/EPA)





Men run next to a pile of burning mattresses and the remains of the motorcycle of suspected gang leader Makandal who was killed and set on fire by local residents, amid an escalation in gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on March 20, 2024. (Photo by Ralph Tedy Erol/Reuters)





People take cover from gunfire near the National Palace, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on March 21, 2024. (Photo by Ralph Tedy Erol/Reuters)





Police officers take part in a confrontation with gangs near the National Palace, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on March 21, 2024. (Photo by Ralph Tedy Erol/Reuters)





A man puts gasoline in a school bus, amid the ongoing insecurity and political instability in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 21, 2024. Several neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince are currently experiencing a shortage of fuel and drinking water. The UN announced Thursday that 5.5 million people out of the 11.4 million who reside in Haiti need humanitarian assistance, with 3 million being children. Haiti has been struggling with gang violence and political instability for years. The situation dramatically deteriorated in recent months, with kidnappings, killings, armed robberies and other violent crimes becoming commonplace. (Photo by Guerinault Louis/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Inside the Haitian Ministry of Communication building, the Civil Protection (CP) is giving food to the homeless, amid the ongoing insecurity and political instability in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 21, 2024. (Photo by Guerinault Louis/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A merchant standing with a handcart of food products to sell in the petion-ville market in the street amid the ongoing insecurity and political instability in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 21, 2024. (Photo by Guerinault Louis/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A merchant sits with a basket of onions to sell in the petion-ville market in the street amid the ongoing insecurity and political instability in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 21, 2024. (Photo by Guerinault Louis/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A man pushes a wheelbarrow of food supplies down the street in petion-ville, amid the ongoing insecurity and political instability in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 21, 2024. (Photo by Guerinault Louis/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Merchants seated to sell food products in the Petion-ville street market, amid the ongoing insecurity and political instability in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 21, 2024. (Photo by Guerinault Louis/Anadolu via Getty Images)





People look for salvageable pieces from burned cars at a mechanic shop that was set on fire during violence by armed gangs in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, March 25, 2024. (Photo by Odelyn Joseph/AP Photo)





People sit in front of a church to pray in Port-au-Prince on Good Friday on March 29, 2024. Christian believers around the world mark the Holy Week of Easter in celebration of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. (Photo by Clarens Siffroy/AFP Photo)





People look at the dead bodies, found in the Petion-Ville suburb, as rival gangs are vying for control of turf, while the state remains largely absent, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on April 1, 2024. (Photo by Ralph Tedy Erol/Reuters)





People look at the the bodies of three persons shot dead after an overnight shooting in the Pétion Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, April 1, 2024. (Photo by Odelyn Joseph/AP Photo)





People walk past the body of a dead man in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on April 1, 2024. (Photo by Ralph Tedy Erol/Reuters)





People look at the body of a dead man in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on April 1, 2024. (Photo by Ralph Tedy Erol/Reuters)





A man looks at a dead body in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on April 1, 2024. (Photo by Ralph Tedy Erol/Reuters)





A vendor moves a chart load with beverages in Port au Prince, Haiti, 07 April 2024. The capital city of Haiti experienced a calm day with no battles between gangs and police, allowing people to go to church and the market, after a failed attack by gangs near the National Palace in Port-au-Prince on 01 April. (Photo by Mentor David Lorens/EPA/EFE)





People ride on a motorcycle in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)