A Day Potentially Ruined: The Haitian National Police Mobilizes
By La Rédaction · Port-au-Prince
· 2 min read · Updated 24 April 2026
Translated from French — AI-assisted and reviewed by the editorial team. The French version is authoritative. Read the original · About our translation policy
Several schools have announced the closure of their doors this Monday, November 17, 2025, due to open threats made by the leaders of criminal gangs from the Viv Ansanm coalition.
School officials in the capital, in statements addressed to parents, are asking them to keep children at home for fear of potential attacks.
According to them, these measures aim to protect students, parents, and staff of their respective schools. Some principals have decided to provide online classes for Monday, while in-person resumption is scheduled for Wednesday, November 19, at 7 AM. The Haitian National Police mobilizes Faced with public threats made on social media by « Barbecue » and « Krisla », the General Directorate of the Haitian National Police is mobilizing its troops. Jonas Vladimir Paraison, as commander-in-chief, is summoning all police personnel as part of a large-scale operation. « Central, Departmental Directors and Heads of Service are advised that from Sunday, November 16, 2025, and until further notice, all leave and permissions are postponed, or even canceled, with the aim of ensuring optimal public safety and responding to all eventualities, » orders Paraison. The Director General states that he attaches the utmost importance to the execution of these provisions. Central Directors, Departmental Directors, and Heads of Service will be personally held responsible for their application. « You will communicate in due course to the Central Director of the Administrative Police (DCPA) the actual mobilized personnel, » specifies the Haitian National Police note. This order from the Director General is authenticated by Belson Soljour, Inspector General, Chief of Staff. Killy Johao
According to them, these measures aim to protect students, parents, and staff of their respective schools. Some principals have decided to provide online classes for Monday, while in-person resumption is scheduled for Wednesday, November 19, at 7 AM. The Haitian National Police mobilizes Faced with public threats made on social media by « Barbecue » and « Krisla », the General Directorate of the Haitian National Police is mobilizing its troops. Jonas Vladimir Paraison, as commander-in-chief, is summoning all police personnel as part of a large-scale operation. « Central, Departmental Directors and Heads of Service are advised that from Sunday, November 16, 2025, and until further notice, all leave and permissions are postponed, or even canceled, with the aim of ensuring optimal public safety and responding to all eventualities, » orders Paraison. The Director General states that he attaches the utmost importance to the execution of these provisions. Central Directors, Departmental Directors, and Heads of Service will be personally held responsible for their application. « You will communicate in due course to the Central Director of the Administrative Police (DCPA) the actual mobilized personnel, » specifies the Haitian National Police note. This order from the Director General is authenticated by Belson Soljour, Inspector General, Chief of Staff. Killy Johao
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