A powerful gang leader in Haiti has issued a threatening message aimed at political leaders who would participate in a planned transition council, as fires broke out amid a fresh surge of violence in ...

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Jimmy “Barbecue” Chérizier got slapped with a $5 million bounty by the U.S. government after being hit with federal charges tied to gang violence and dirty money in Haiti. The notorious ex-cop runs ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Cherizier, leader of the Vivre Ensemble gang alliance - Ralph Tedy Erol/Reuters Haiti’s most powerful warlord has ...

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro on Tuesday announced an indictment in Washington, D.C., accusing Jimmy “Barbecue” Chérizier and Bazile Richardson, a naturalized U.S. citizen, of conspiring to send U.S.

The gang leader who has become the face of Haiti's descent into lawlessness and violence has said he would consider calling a ceasefire only if his consortium of armed gangs was included in ...

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 ...

IN THE DAYS since Haiti’s gangs took advantage of a trip abroad by Ariel Henry, the prime minister, to seize control of prisons and police stations, only one man seems to have authority. Jimmy ...

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 ...