Kenscoff Mayor Pays Tribute to Late Colleague Massillon Jean

Kenscoff Mayor Jean Max Duvivier has described the death of Massillon Jean as a loss for the commune, according to Le Nouvelliste. In an interview granted Saturday, October 10, Duvivier reflected on the circumstances of his colleague's death and honored the memory of a man he described as competent, principled and committed to the population, particularly since the first armed attacks against the commune in January 2025. Duvivier, who worked alongside Jean within the municipal administration, said Massillon Jean died on Friday, October 9, according to the report. Le Nouvelliste noted that Jean had previously provided updates on the intervention of security forces in Kenscoff and had confirmed what he described as considerable advances by the Haitian National Police (PNH) amid repeated attacks on the commune. Further details on the circumstances of his death were not fully available in the published excerpt, which was partly behind a subscription wall. The outlet framed the tribute within the context of ongoing insecurity in Kenscoff, a commune that has faced successive waves of gang violence since early 2025.