A prominent Haitian religious authority has issued a damning indictment of government complicity in the nation’s security crisis, alleging high-level official involvement in arms trafficking to criminal gangs. Father Maisonneuve, director of the Karl Lévêque Institute, presented evidence suggesting current administration members are “heavily involved” in cross-border weapon and ammunition smuggling—a primary supply source for violent groups terrorizing the Caribbean nation.
The allegations, broadcast by Radio Metropole Haiti, reveal a disturbing pattern of collusion between gang leaders and certain officials that explains the limited effectiveness of recent police operations. While acknowledging some government willingness to confront criminal elements, Maisonneuve characterized the lack of more comprehensive action as evidence of systemic corruption.
This weapons pipeline has been systematically documented since 2016 by the Karl Lévêque Institute, which previously implicated numerous officials and parliamentarians in procurement networks. The religious leader emphasized that dismantling gang infrastructure requires not just police actions but rigorous border control measures, stating that “90 percent of the solution to the security problem depends on strict control of land, sea and air borders.”
Maisonneuve called for urgent tracing of weapons suppliers to criminal organizations as an essential step toward eradicating gang terrorism, highlighting how governmental corruption perpetuates violence that has plagued Haiti for years.