section_path: History (2020–2022)/2022 crisis/Gang violence
section_name: Gang violence
paragraph_text: Gang violence
  
  In April–May 2022, major clashes between the rival gangs 400 Mawozo and Chen Mechan took place in the Plain of the Cul-de-Sac area.
  
  In July 2022, an outbreak of gang violence occurred in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, leaving 89 people dead and over 74 injured.