Port-au-Prince.- Heavily armed men broke into the Varreux Terminal, the main infrastructure of the port of the Haitian capital. Fuel is stored there, and an unknown amount of fuel was stolen. This was reported on Thursday by the company Wineco, which manages the facilities.
The company communicated the incident, which occurred on the local afternoon of Wednesday, with a message on Twitter, in which it regrets the assault on the facilities.
“Wineco regrets an incident that occurred late in the afternoon of October 12, 2022 at its facilities. Heavily armed men stormed the Oil Terminal. After subduing security guards, they reportedly took fuel,” the message reads.
This is not the first assault on that terminal, which has been blocked since mid-September by the leader of the armed coalition G9, former police officer Jimmy Cherisier. This prevents the normal functioning of activities at a time when cholera also appeared.
The UN evaluates intervention
The general secretary of the UN, António Guterres, proposed this Sunday the sending to Haiti of a “rapid action force” made up of soldiers from one or more countries. This is to help the government regain control of Port-au-Prince from the armed gangs that currently hold sway over parts of the capital and unblock the supply of fuel and other basic goods.
This occurs after the request made on October 7 by the Government of Haitiwho requested military assistance to deal with the serious situation in the country.
The objective of the Executive, he indicated, is “quickly achieve a security climate that allows the effective fight against cholera, the resumption of the distribution of fuel and drinking water throughout the country, the operation of hospitals and the resumption of activities economic»
