Published on March 2, 2024 10:39 p.m
Video length: 3 min
Haiti: Gangs try to regain power. There is constant chaos in Haiti. One of the leaders of the terrorist gangs is currently trying to overthrow the prime minister while he is demanding military support from Kenya. (France 2)
Haiti is in the midst of constant chaos. One of the leaders of the terrorist gangs is currently trying to overthrow the prime minister while he is demanding military support from Kenya.
Residents of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, with their hands in the air, forced to flee amid gunfire. The Haitian capital is once again plunged into chaos and is the scene of bloody clashes between police and criminal gangs. The population is bloodless. “I wanted to pick up my children, that’s impossible. I can’t even go home,” admits one of them, the Danish Auguste. Prime Minister Ariel Henry is traveling to Kenya to seek reinforcements to fight criminal groups as part of the upcoming establishment of an international police force.
Jimmy Chérizier, known as Barbecue, wants to overthrow the government
80% of Port-au-Prince is controlled by a variety of armed gangs, who are often rivals. Even though clashes continue to occur, attacks on the police today appear to be coordinated. Jimmy Chérizier alias Barbecue, who presents himself as the leader of the movement, speaks of a holy gang alliance to overthrow the government. “Today it’s different. It’s all the community leaders, all the neighborhoods, all the gangs who have taken responsibility and started this movement,” he says.
Jimmy Chérizier, the most wanted man in Port-au-Prince, is a former police officer willing to do anything to maintain control of his fortress. He claims to want to end the insecurity in Haiti.
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