On the morning of October 24, 2023, a public transport minibus traveling from Gonaïves to Port-au-Prince was riddled with automatic gunfire on National Route One, near Carrefour-Peigne in Artibonite. At least three people were killed, and six others were injured.
The presiding justice of Saint-Marc, Me Jacques Edouard, upon examining the victims' bodies at the emergency room and morgue of Saint-Nicolas Hospital in the municipality, described it as a "true massacre carried out by the bandits today." The judicial o