UN BINUH Provisional Toll: At Least 78 Killed, 66 Wounded in Cité Soleil / Croix-des-Bouquets Gang Clashes Since May 9 — 305 Killed in Same Zones Since March 5

UN BINUH released a provisional death toll on May 14, 2026, documenting at least 78 killed and 66 wounded since May 9 from intra-gang clashes in Cité Soleil and Croix-des-Bouquets. Of the 78 dead, at least 10 were confirmed civilians — 5 men, 4 women, and 1 young girl — a figure BINUH acknowledged significantly undercounts the true civilian toll given that gang-controlled areas render independent verification nearly impossible. The clashes pitted factions of the former Viv Ansanm coalition against each other: Chen Mechan and associated groups from Croix-des-Bouquets clashing with Duvivier/Pyè 6 factions over extortion of the cargo corridor from the Dominican Republic through the Cul-de-Sac Plain. BINUH also provided broader context: between March 5 and May 11, 2026, at least 305 people were killed and 277 wounded in those same two communes — 63 confirmed civilian residents including 17 women and 13 children. This 10-week toll dwarfs even the alarming one-week figures. The May 9–14 clashes began the same week as PM Fils-Aimé's declaration that August elections were impossible and overlapped with the MSF Cité Soleil hospital evacuation, creating a compound humanitarian and political crisis simultaneously.