Haiti Capital on Edge After Gang Leader Issues Threat

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The Haitian National Police (HNP) is on high alert following threats by Jimmy Cherisier, alias ‘Barbecue’.

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These gangs that control much of the Haitian capital have threatened to carry out further attacks.

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Port-au-Prince woke up this Monday with idle activities, a journalist from the AFP found, after gangs that control much of the Haitian capital threatened to attack the police, in response to an operation directed against one of them.

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The Haitian National Police (HNP) is on high alert following new threats from the leader of the armed coalition Viv Ansanm (Vivir Juntos), Jimmy Cherisier, alias ‘Barbecue’, who asked the population not to leave their homes as of Monday in the face of an imminent confrontation with the law enforcement forces, who maintain [...] La entrada The Haitian Police, on high alert to threats from the main criminal leader ‘Barbecue’ was first published in…

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In a video broadcast on social media on Sunday evening, Jimmy Cherizier — a former policeman who became the leader of the armed coalition Viv Ansanm — urged Haitians not to leave their homes from 17 November. A simple, but heavy-sense injunction: the gang leader now speaks to the people as a deposed head of state, assigning the population to residence to leave the field free to the fighting that is announced against the forces of order. Analysis…