Barbeque Bloodbath: Inside the Reign of Haiti’s Violent Strongman, Jimmy Chérizier
Port-au-Prince, Haiti– Amid escalating violence and political turmoil, the Haitian landscape is dominated by the presence of Jimmy Chérizier, a former police officer turned gangster known as “Barbeque.” The nickname, he claims, stems from his mother’s fried chicken business in the slums of Port-au-Prince, but critics argue it symbolizes the brutal massacres he orchestrated from 2018 to 2020, leaving a trail of death and destruction. Chérizier, clad in a bulletproof vest, has embraced a violent …