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US indicts Haitian gang leader Jimmy 'Barbeque' Cherizier for sanctions violations
- On Tuesday, a federal grand jury charged Haitian gang leader Jimmy Chérizier and U.S. citizen Bazile Richardson with collaborating to breach U.S. sanctions and finance gang-related operations in Haiti.
- The indictment follows a surge in gang violence that led to multiple attacks on government infrastructure and the release of over 4,000 inmates during raids on Haiti's two largest prisons in February 2024.
- Chérizier, a former elite police officer fired in 2018, leads the Viv Ansanm gang federation which controls 90% of Port-au-Prince and was blamed for massacres killing around 145 people in Cite Soleil.
- According to the indictment, Richardson and Chérizier solicited money transfers from the Haitian diaspora to pay gang members' salaries and buy weapons, with plans to collect payments from thousands domestically and abroad.
- The FBI’s Miami office is spearheading efforts to capture Chérizier amid ongoing violence, with the U.S. government providing a reward of up to $5 million for tips that result in his arrest or conviction.
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For years considered one of Haiti’s bloodiest and most powerful criminal leaders, Jimmy Chérizier, known as “Barbacoa,” is now in the spotlight of justice in the United States.
U.S. grand jury indicts one of Haiti’s most powerful gang leaders and one of his friends
A federal grand jury has indicted one of Haiti’s most powerful gang leaders and a U.S. citizen accused of conspiring with him to violate U.S. sanctions and fund gang activities in the troubled Caribbean country, the U.S. Justice Department announced Tuesday.
Haiti gang leader “Barbecue” challenges FBI after U.S. charges
One of Haiti’s most powerful gang leaders, Jimmy Chérizier, known as "Barbecue," has openly challenged U.S. authorities after being indicted by a federal grand jury for violating sanctions and financing gang operations in the crisis-ridden Caribbean nation.
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Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier has been indicted on charges of conspiring to transfer funds from the United States to fund gang activities in Haiti and now has a $5 million bounty on his head
DOJ Unveils Charges Against Haitian Gang Leader ‘Barbecue’ Over Sanction Violations
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Aug. 12 that it will charge Haitian gang leader Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier with conspiracy for his role in a scheme to transfer money illegally from the United States. “Cherizier and a U.S. associate sought to raise funds in the United States to bankroll Cherizier’s violent criminal enterprise, which is driving a security crisis in Haiti,” Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisen…
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