Over the weekend, Haitian gang boss Jimmy “Barbecue” Sherizier threatened “violent retaliation” after police attacked his base in a newspaper in Port-au-Prince's Delmas neighborhood. Le Neveriste It has been reported on sunday.
Sherizier, a former Haitian police officer who now leads a coalition of violent, armed gangs known now viv ansan (“Live Together” in Creole, Haiti) published the threat in a video that began circulating on social media a few hours after security work in Delmas.
The criminal Kingpin accused Haitian police of using drones that carry explosives and try to kill him. “I'll tell you how the fight ends,” he declared in the approximately two-minute video.
“I have friends and siblings all over the world. I have money. Drones are available everywhere. I can get one too,” Sherizier insisted.
The gang leader strongly believes that suspicions of his life's attempts would “ensure use” of his own [of] The explosive drone is attacking someone in the country. ” He further insisted that “anyone can be killed in this country” following the assassination of former Haitian president Giovenel Moise in 2021.
A joint task force consisting of special forces from the Haiti Prime Minister's Office (USPM) and agents from the National Palace General Security Unit (USGPN) carried out “Major operation” in Lower Delmouth, the Chantie Town that Sherizier seized as his fortress. Several gang members He died during the mission, according to Haitian government authorities cited by the BBC. The British broadcaster also reported a local report explaining security officers that they were using drones stuck on explosives.
Haiti's interim prime minister, Alix Didier Phils Ime Confirmed Security operations on social media say “several bandits have been arrested.”
The weekend security business in Delmas against Sherizier's base came after the Haitian gang Release A wave of terrorism over several days Throughout the slums last week, “kill at least 15 people including meat vendors burned alive in front of children,” Miami Herald It has been reported.
According to the newspaper, a displaced person named Jean-Philippe Marcel claimed that gang members were “throwing a living baby into the flames.” “In addition to meat vendors, Marcel said that neighbors were also alive and burned by gang members along with their children.”
Leslie Voltaire, head of Haiti's Presidential Transition Council, expressed satisfaction with the outcome of his weekend security business in Delmas, claiming that the joint task force has moved to “attack.”
“The task force brings together all the Haitian National Police, all the units of the National Palace, and all the units of the Primate. Before these units defend the fixed point. Now they're moving on to the attack,” Voltaire said. I said Newspaper based in Port-au-prince Le Neveriste on sunday.
I'll talk again Le Neveriste, Fils-Aimé He said that a similar operation would allow “displaced people to return home.” According to the interim prime minister, criminal crackdowns aim to put gangs on defense while giving the population a “rest” from violence. He added that the initiative could potentially allow Haiti to hold democratic elections.
“My only way is to reestablish security. Sine qua non [necessary condition] For election organizations. Security inevitably requires further attacks like Lower Delmouth today,” Phils Eyme said. “As far as population is concerned, I guarantee that these attacks will destabilize the gang and allow evacuated people to return to their neighborhoods.”
There were at least 5,601 people I was killed The group crossed Haiti in 2024 due to gang violence, the United Nations (UN) reported. This figure exceeds the total number of undocumented killings in the country in 2023, over 1,000. The organization also tallied 2,212 and 1,494 injuries, as entitled in Haiti throughout 2024.
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