Jimmy Chérizier, a former officer with the Haitian Nationwide Police often called Barbeque who now leads a gang federation.
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Jimmy Chérizier, a former officer with the Haitian Nationwide Police often called Barbeque who now leads a gang federation.
Odelyn Joseph/AP
Haiti has been by loads currently. Throughout the previous a number of months legal gangs have taken over 80 p.c of the capital. They closed the primary port and attacked the nation’s foremost airport, they even pressured the prime minister out of workplace. On this episode of The Sunday Story, NPR’s Eyder Peralta stories from a rustic on the brink.
Throughout his latest journey to Port-au-Prince Eyder interviewed Jimmy Chérizier, a robust gang lord often called Barbeque who says he is main a revolution. The fact on the bottom could be very totally different. As Eyder meets Haitians going through mass displacement and a rising demise toll, it turns into clear that Barbeque is just not the liberator he claims to be.
Now, a multinational police drive put collectively by the worldwide neighborhood has began to reach. Led by Kenya, the welcoming ceremony for the primary group of officers was marred by information of lethal police violence at house in Nairobi. Touring deep into gang-controlled areas of Port-au-Prince, Eyder finds Haitian gang members gearing up for a struggle and a folks caught within the crosshairs.
This episode was reported by Eyder Peralta. It was produced by Abby Wendle. It was edited by Luis Trelles. And it was fact-checked by Gretta Pittenger. Engineering by Gilly Moon.
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