Haiti’s Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier presents himself as a revolutionary, and is seldom pictured without his rifle and spare clips of ammunition. The former policeman heads one of the powerful gangs ...

The "royal family" and two straw gun purchasers of the largest Haitian gang all pleaded guilty or were sentenced in the U.S. over the last six weeks as part of a federal case that may have set the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Leader of the "G9 and Family" gang, Jimmy Cherizier, better known as Barbecue, shouts slogans with his gang members after ...

(Reuters) - Deadly fighting between armed gangs and police escalated in Haiti this week, with gang alliance leader Jimmy Cherizier issuing a call to topple the unelected and largely absent government.

Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier, the leader of the G9 and Family gang, speaks to journalists in the Delmas 6 neighborhood, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 5, 2024 (AP photo by Odelyn Joseph). If the videos ...

Killer. Robin Hood. Cannibal gang leader. Revolutionary. These are some of the conflicting labels that have been attached to Jimmy “Barbecue” Chérizier, the former police officer-turned-gang chieftain ...

The leader of Haiti’s most powerful gang may now be the most powerful person in the country, which has been thrust into chaos by rival gangs calling for Prime Minister Ariel Henry to step down. "The ...