In recent days, the country has been plunged into a spiral of violence. The death toll from the National Human Rights Defense Network stands at eight dead.
Nine sub-police stations were burned or looted and 21 institutions vandalized. The Prime Minister, Ariel Henry, traveling abroad when the situation deteriorated, has still not managed to return to Haiti. The state of emergency has been extended for a month in Port-au-Prince, which has been plagued for several days by a sharp surge in gang violence.