I think that virtually everyone has seen that the gangs were funded and armed by various sectors. Consider the examples of the instrumentalization of the gangs and their complicity in it. The government recently had the quite strange idea that it would distribute television sets among populations and communities so they could watch the World Cup. That's what the Henry government chose to do. He even invited community leaders for the occasion, including gang members, one of whom was even arrested. That's one example.
During the COVID‑19 pandemic, distributions were made here and there, and one of the coordinators was Jimmy Chérizier, also known as Barbecue, a gang leader.
In addition, various human rights organizations, as well as the Harvard Law School, have published reports outlining the involvement of certain persons in the La Saline massacre. I would remind you that that massacre, which occurred on November 13, 2018, was the first massacre intended to undermine social opposition. Those reports clearly showed that Mr. Monchéry, who was director general of Jovenel Moïse's department of the interior, was behind the massacre. There was also Mr. Duplan, as well as Mr. Chérizier, who was a police officer at the time.
So the gangs were both complicit and instrumentalized. As Haitians say, that's zo nan bouyon.