23 C
New York
June 7, 2025
Americas Haiti news World news

Haiti gang boss tells absent prime minister to quit or face civil war

Haiti gang boss tells absent prime minister to quit or face civil war

Silence from Ariel Henry, who remains abroad, as Jimmy Chérizier, AKA ‘Barbecue’, warns country will ‘become a paradise or a hell’

The crime lord behind a six-day gang mutiny against Haiti’s prime minister, Ariel Henry, has claimed the Caribbean country could be plunged into civil war unless its temporarily exiled leader steps down.

Wearing an olive green tactical vest and flanked by armed foot soldiers in balaclavas, the gang boss Jimmy Chérizier told reporters his country was staring into the abyss. “Either Haiti becomes a paradise or a hell for all of us,” declared Chérizier, a police officer turned gang leader whose nom de guerre is Barbecue.

Continue reading…

Related posts

More than 60 migrants presumed dead after boat sinks off Libya, says UN

TheWorldsNews

China to hold hearing into brandy imports as tension grows with EU over tariffs on EVs

TheWorldsNews

Cop27: US ‘totally supportive’ of moves to address loss and damage, says Kerry – as it happened

TheWorldsNews

Pin It on Pinterest

Share This