Haiti's notorious gang leader, Barbecue, says his forces are ready for a long fight
Barbecue is the man who convinced many of Haiti's gangs to stop fighting each other and start fighting the government. He spoke to NPR about his latest plans.
by Eyder Peralta
May 13, 2024
2 minutes
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The gangs in Haiti can't be ignored. This weekend they took the streets in their neighborhoods in a show of force. NPR saw dozens of heavily armed men, some wearing balaclavas in the blazing Caribbean heat, with handguns, with assault rifles with machetes.
And Jimmy Chérizier, known as Babekyouin Haitian Creole — or Barbecue — is one of the.
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