At Least 70 Dead in Gang Massacre in Artibonite, Haiti

Seventy lives lost. Homes torched. An entire community torn apart. The scene from Jean-Denis, a section in Haiti’s Artibonite region, is one of appalling devastation. Over three days, from March 28 to March 30, the heavily armed Gran Grif gang stormed this rural area, leaving trails of death and destruction. Advocacy groups warn the death toll could climb to as high as 100 as search efforts continue. Field reports describe how gunmen swept into Jean-Denis, targeting civilians indiscriminately in