The G9 gang launches an offensive within Port-au-Prince, with its leader Jimmy Chérizier announcing the aim of capturing the Haitian cabinet and police chief. Four police officers are killed during a shooting outside a police station.[2]
3 March – Between 3,700[3] and 4,000 prisoners escape from the National Penitentiary in Port-au-Prince. The Haitian government declares a 72 hour state of emergency to recapture them.[4][5]
12 March – Prime Minister Ariel Henry announces that he would resign once a transitional presidential council is formed.[10]
14 March – Streamer Addison Pierre Maalouf, also known as YourFellowArab is kidnapped by members of the 400 Mawozo gang while on a trip to Haiti to interview Jimmy Chérizier.[11]
20 March – Gangs attack the neighborhood of Petion-Ville in Port-au-Prince, killing at least five people.[12]
22 March – Prominent gang leader Ti Greg, who escaped prison earlier in March, is shot dead by police.[13]
2 May – Thirteen people are killed in flooding and landslides in Cap-Haitien.[16]
20 May – Toussaint Louverture International Airport reopens after being closed for three months due to gang violence, as the US military flies in supplies and civilian contractors to help the police in order to pave a way for an intervention.[17]
22 May – A tornado strikes Bassin-Bleu, injuring 50 people and destroying 200 houses.[18]
24 May – Two American Christian missionaries, one of them the daughter of a Missouri State Representative, and a Haitian pastor are killed in a gang ambush in Port-au-Prince.[19]
†Physiographically, these continental islands are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically.
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Years in Haiti (1804–present)