The Haitian Land Transport Sector (STTH) and the Association of Owners and Drivers of Haiti (APCH) revealed the heavy final assessment of this sector for the year 2023

• 10 Drivers kidnapped by armed individuals, most recently December 28, 2023;

• 23 drivers killed including 6 burned bodies, most of them were killed in the presence of armored vehicles of the National Police of Haiti (PNH);

• 5 drivers injured by police officers. The latest was December 23 in Belladère;

• 382 passengers kidnapped by heavily armed bandits, particularly in Gros Morne and Liancourt, Morne Cabrit. Transport companies such as REMITO and Capital Coach Line are the main victims;

• 146 Vehicles hijacked with goods and occupants;

• 14 vehicles hit by bullets from bandits and the PNH at Source Matelas, Gressier, Canaan;

• 187 passengers injured in Bon Repos, Cannan, Morne Cabrit, Beudet, Sources Matelas, Marliques, Torcelle, Martissant, Liancourt, Mariani. The last five as of December 29 at "kafou pèy" https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-41327-icihaiti-carrefour-paye-a-minibus-full-of-passengers-riddled-with-bullets.html ;

• 79 Passengers killed including the bodies of 31 of them burned;

• 68 vehicles burned in Marlique, Carrefour Feuille, Savien, Liancourt, Canaan, Mariani, Torcelles, Pernier, Bon Repos;

• 62 Vehicles damaged by PNH machines in Canaan, Source mattress, Beudet, Torcelle, Pernier, Blvd Harry Truman, Mariani.

HL/ HaitiLibre