Haiti has resumed fuel supplies under heavy security after police broke a two-month gang blockade that had left the economy without petrol or diesel and sparked a humanitarian crisis.
Armed police escorted trucks loaded with petrol leaving the fuel terminal, where months ago the G9 gang coalition had dug trenches and set up barricades to prevent fuel distribution.
Haiti’s National Police said that it took back control of the Varreux fuel terminal, where the G9 gang coalition had dug trenches and set up barricades to prevent fuel distribution.
The gasoline and diesel shortages had halted almost all economic activity, including in transportation and hospitals, and forced many local business owners to shut operations since gangs started blocking ports that held fuel stores.
