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On 6 November, after two weeks of negotiations with the Haitian government and after an armed offensive launched by the Haitian National Police, the G9 gang coalition relinquished control of the Varreux fuel terminal. [81] From late 2022, an anti-gang bwa kale vigilante movement emerged to attack and kill any gang members. The vigilantes often ...
Jimmy Chérizier (French pronunciation: [dʒimi ʃeʁizje]; born 30 March 1977), nicknamed Barbecue (Haitian Creole: Babekyou), is a Haitian gang leader, former police officer, and warlord [3] who is the head of the Revolutionary Forces of the G9 Family and Allies (Haitian Creole: Fòs Revolisyonè G9 an Fanmi e Alye), abbreviated as "G9" or "FRG9", a federation of over a dozen Haitian gangs ...
The G9 had a relationship with assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, having received weapons, police uniforms, and other support even after Chérizier's dismissal from the police force. [1] The G9 also has a rivalry with fellow Haitian gang G-Pep, having fought with them. The gang is well-armed and capable of using unmanned aerial ...
Last year, the terminal, Haiti's largest, was closed over nearly seven weeks due to a G9-led blockade. Haiti has been plunged into growing instability and gang violence since the 2021 ...
Jimmy Cherizier, the leader of the “G9 et Famille” gang, walks with children as he visits La Saline district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti is once again facing a wave of chaos fueled by ongoing gang wars, which have spiraled since the 2021 assassination of the country’s president. As gangs ...
Though that coalition was quick to dissolve, other gangs launched attacks, together with Chérizier's G9 gang. [11] On 2 and 3 March, armed gangs stormed the two largest prisons in Haiti, one in Croix des Bouquets, the other in Port-au-Prince. [12] More than 4,700 inmates escaped. [10]
Haiti's government requested urgent foreign armed help to fight gangs a year ago, when the G9 gang alliance took over a key fuel terminal. The worsening situation has driven a humanitarian crisis ...