The situation in Haiti is spiraling out of control. Gangs have taken over in Port-au-Prince, terrorizing regular citizens on a daily basis. This isn’t the disorganized behavior of regular street gangs. The gangs have banded together under the leadership of one man named Jimmy Cherizier aka Barbecue.
Folklore says his nickname comes from the way he treated his victims; his friends say it is actually because his mum ran a fried chicken stall and he has had the nickname since he was a child.
He is the same gang boss leading a violent anti-government uprising that has seen two jailbreaks, violence, and mayhem on the streets over the last few days…
Barbecue is a former policeman, now gang boss who is the acknowledged mouthpiece for a coalition of gangs called the G9, which he describes as a group of armed young men and women with an ideology to change the lives of those who live in…
