Haiti police end gang blockade of fuel terminal, government says

FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of Cite Soleil and the fuel terminals of Varreux in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, October 12, 2022. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Haitian police have taken control of a fuel terminal that had been blockaded by armed gangs since September, the government said on Thursday, adding fuel will be available on Monday after weeks of shortages that have triggered a humanitarian crisis.

A group of gangs, collectively known as G9, blocked the entrance to the Varreux terminal in September, leaving the country without gasoline and diesel and leading the United Nations to discuss sending in a task force to reopen the facility.