Haiti gang leader warns Kenyan police after deployment
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Kenyan police encounter obstacles in a bid to wrestle Haiti from criminals after gang leader Jimmy Barbecue” Cherizier issues a stern warning
Kenyan police encounter obstacles in a bid to wrestle Haiti from criminals after gang leader Jimmy Barbecue” Cherizier issues a stern warning.
A prominent figure in the criminal underworld has fiercely opposed Kenya’s decision to lead the global force sent to quell the violent gang that has taken control of major towns in Haiti.
The head of the G9 Family and Allies gang alliance, Jimmy Barbecue” Cherizier, issued a warning that his forces would not sit idly by as the foreign mission, headed by Kenya’s Deputy Inspector General Noor Gabow, allegedly terrorized its citizens.
On Thursday last week, Barbecue promised to fight back should the team engage in human rights abuses.
He argued that previous peacekeepers sent to the country, which has an 11 million-person population, engaged in violations such as assault and cholera outbreak engineering.
“We will fight against them until our last breath. It will be a fight of the Haitian people to save the dignity of our country,” the gang leader stated, according to Al Jazeera.
Kenyan police under Deputy Inspector General Noor Gabow did not respond to media inquiries from America’s ABC News which sought his comments on the threats issued by Barbecue.
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Ironically, the United Nations and other security stakeholders have accused Barbecue of various criminal activities contributing to insecurity and instability in Haiti, especially in Port-au-Prince, the capital city of the Caribbean nation.
The United Nations (UN), which approved Kenya’s role in leading the foreign mission, released a statement after the gang leader’s threats denouncing the extreme brutality the gang had unleashed on the citizens.
According to the UN, killings had intensified recently, forcing citizens to flee city centres.
The law enforcement, comprising just 10,000 officers, has since been overpowered by the gang members storming police stations.
Other security forces estimated that the gangs now control 80 percent of the nation, including the capital city of Port-au-Prince.
Other than aiding Haitian authorities in repulsing the gang, which has taken control of the North American country’s capital of Port-au-Prince, the Kenyan police will also seek to curb its influence in the nearby suburbs.
The gang’s grip on the nation has forced thousands of its citizens to flee their homes in search of a better life in peaceful and calmer neighbourhoods.
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