Krache Dife Gang Attacks IDP Camp in Delmas 6 — 2 Killed Including a Minor, 24 Houses Burned

On May 25, 2026, members of the Krache Dife de Delmas 6 gang — a faction within the broader Viv Ansanm coalition designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the US State Department in May 2025 — attacked a displaced persons camp in the Delmas 6 area of Port-au-Prince, killing two people including a minor and burning 24 houses. The attack is a documented escalation tactic: by targeting IDP camps, gangs prevent the stabilization of already-displaced families, generate secondary displacement waves, and assert territorial control over humanitarian spaces that would otherwise serve as sanctuaries from violence. The Krache Dife gang (lit. 'spit fire') operates in the Delmas corridor — a major arterial zone connecting Port-au-Prince's city center to the peri-urban northeast — as part of the Viv Ansanm federation. The attack comes as approximately 1.5 million Haitians remain internally displaced nationwide, including approximately 30,000 newly displaced since the May 10 gang violence surge in Cité Soleil and the Cul-de-Sac Plain that forced the closure of MSF's hospital. The GSF's roughly 800-person advance force remains concentrated in Port-au-Prince's city center with no coverage for Delmas or Cité Soleil, leaving these zones entirely dependent on a severely undermanned Haitian National Police. Camp attacks of this type align with a broader pattern documented by ACLED and OCHA: as GSF pressure on gang strongholds intensifies in the city center, a 'balloon effect' displaces gang violence into adjacent zones and against civilian populations with reduced protection.