Gangs control the ports, the areas surrounding airports, and the main roads connecting the capital to the rest of the country.
Not only have food imports and supply chains been completely disrupted by the presence of gangs, who impose taxes on the roads, but the transportation of inputs to enable rural development, particularly in the Artibonite department, is also becoming extremely difficult.
Agricultural products are arriving at much higher costs than before, precisely because of these taxes imposed on the roads connecting ports to the areas where these products will be used.
In fact, it's the illegal taxation system set up by gangs, combined with their presence in certain areas, that completely disrupts the food supply chain.