Ransom points along the road set up by the criminals, attacks on passersby, automatic gunfire day and night – Mariani is increasingly losing its inhabitants and turning into a ghost zone, much like several other neighborhoods in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince occupied by armed groups. Since November 1, this area between the municipalities of Carrefour and Gressier has been outside the control of the authorities.
"Agents from various specialized units of the National Police have been conducting operations in Mari