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[td][/td] [td]'''Jimmy Chérizier''' ({{IPA|fr|dʒimi ʃeʁizje}}; born 30 March 1977), nicknamed '''Barbecue''' ({{Langx|ht|Babekyou|links=yes}}), is a Haitian revolutionary and political leader, reputed gang leader, and former policeman, and [[warlord]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Haiti warlord Jimmy 'Barbecue' Chérizier set to take advantage of power vacuum |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-n...location=England|language=en-GB|author=Simeon Tegel |website=Telegraph |date=12 March 2024 |access-date=15 March 2024 |archive-date=14 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2024031...arlord-jimmy-barbecue-cherizier-power-vacuum/ |url-status=live }}</ref> who is the head of the [[Revolutionary Forces of the G9 Family and Allies]] ({{langx|ht|Fòs Revolisyonè G9 an Fanmi e Alye}}), abbreviated as "G9" or "FRG9", a federation of over a dozen Haitian gangs and armed groups based in [[Port-au-Prince]].<ref name=WSJ_assassination>{{cite news |last1=de Córdoba |first1=José |last2=Meichtry |first2=Stacy |title=Haiti President Jovenel Moïse Assassinated at Home, Official Says |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/haiti-...ssassinated-at-home-official-says-11625654496 |access-date=8 July 2021 |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=7 July 2021 |archive-date=21 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2021112...ssassinated-at-home-official-says-11625654496 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Danticat 2022">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-fight-for-haitis-future|title=The Fight for Haiti's Future|last=Danticat|first=Edwidge|date=21 October 2022|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|language=en|access-date=24 October 2022|archive-date=23 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2022102...t/the-fight-for-haitis-future|url-status=live}}</ref> Known for often making public appearances in military camouflage and a beret,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarah |first=Morland |date=2024-03-04 |title=Who is Jimmy 'Barbeque' Cherizier, Haiti's gang leader seeking to topple the government? |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/ameri...-seeking-topple-haitis-government-2024-03-04/ |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=Reuters}}</ref> he calls himself the leader of an "armed revolution".<ref name=":0" /> Considered the most powerful warlord in [[Haiti]], he is currently believed to be one of the country's most powerful political figures.<ref>{{cite news |work=Al Jazeera |title=Who is Haiti's sanctioned gang leader Jimmy 'Barbecue' Cherizier? |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022...nctioned-gang-leader-jimmy-barbecue-cherizier |access-date=14 November 2022 |date=October 21, 2022 |language=en |archive-date=14 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2022111...nctioned-gang-leader-jimmy-barbecue-cherizier |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Coto2022"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Larry |date=2024-03-14 |title=Jimmy 'Barbecue' Cherizier: The Gang Leader at the Center of Haiti's Chaos |url=https://www.btimesonline.com/articl...gang-leader-at-the-center-of-haitis-chaos.htm |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=Business Times |language=en}}</ref>[/td]
[td]'''Jimmy Chérizier''' ({{IPA|fr|dʒimi ʃeʁizje}}; born 30 March 1977), nicknamed '''Barbecue''' ({{Langx|ht|Babekyou|links=yes}}), is a Haitian revolutionary and political leader, reputed gang leader, former policeman, and [[warlord]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Haiti warlord Jimmy 'Barbecue' Chérizier set to take advantage of power vacuum |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-n...location=England|language=en-GB|author=Simeon Tegel |website=Telegraph |date=12 March 2024 |access-date=15 March 2024 |archive-date=14 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2024031...arlord-jimmy-barbecue-cherizier-power-vacuum/ |url-status=live }}</ref> who is the head of the [[Revolutionary Forces of the G9 Family and Allies]] ({{langx|ht|Fòs Revolisyonè G9 an Fanmi e Alye}}), abbreviated as "G9" or "FRG9", a federation of over a dozen Haitian gangs and armed groups based in [[Port-au-Prince]].<ref name=WSJ_assassination>{{cite news |last1=de Córdoba |first1=José |last2=Meichtry |first2=Stacy |title=Haiti President Jovenel Moïse Assassinated at Home, Official Says |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/haiti-...ssassinated-at-home-official-says-11625654496 |access-date=8 July 2021 |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=7 July 2021 |archive-date=21 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2021112...ssassinated-at-home-official-says-11625654496 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Danticat 2022">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-fight-for-haitis-future|title=The Fight for Haiti's Future|last=Danticat|first=Edwidge|date=21 October 2022|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|language=en|access-date=24 October 2022|archive-date=23 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2022102...t/the-fight-for-haitis-future|url-status=live}}</ref> Known for often making public appearances in military camouflage and a beret,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarah |first=Morland |date=2024-03-04 |title=Who is Jimmy 'Barbeque' Cherizier, Haiti's gang leader seeking to topple the government? |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/ameri...-seeking-topple-haitis-government-2024-03-04/ |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=Reuters}}</ref> he calls himself the leader of an "armed revolution".<ref name=":0" /> Considered the most powerful warlord in [[Haiti]], he is currently believed to be one of the country's most powerful political figures.<ref>{{cite news |work=Al Jazeera |title=Who is Haiti's sanctioned gang leader Jimmy 'Barbecue' Cherizier? |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022...nctioned-gang-leader-jimmy-barbecue-cherizier |access-date=14 November 2022 |date=October 21, 2022 |language=en |archive-date=14 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2022111...nctioned-gang-leader-jimmy-barbecue-cherizier |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Coto2022"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Larry |date=2024-03-14 |title=Jimmy 'Barbecue' Cherizier: The Gang Leader at the Center of Haiti's Chaos |url=https://www.btimesonline.com/articl...gang-leader-at-the-center-of-haitis-chaos.htm |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=Business Times |language=en}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]In early March 2024, the Revolutionary Forces of the G9 Family and Allies staged the [[2024 Haitian jailbreak|largest jailbreak in Haitian history]] and escalated attacks across the country, including an attempted siege of the [[Toussaint Louverture International Airport]]. Chérizier claimed responsibility for the attacks and stated that the goal was to capture key government institutions, overthrow the unelected acting [[Prime Minister of Haiti|prime minister]] [[Ariel Henry]] and become more powerful in Haiti,<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 March 2024 |first=Markus |last=Plate |title=Bandenboss "Barbecue" will Haitis Regierung stürzen |url=https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amerika/haiti-banden-gewalt-100.html |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Tagesschau |language=de |archive-date=7 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2024030.../ausland/amerika/haiti-banden-gewalt-100.html |url-status=live }}</ref> warning that "if Ariel Henry doesn't step down and the international community continues to support him, they will lead us directly to a civil war which will end in genocide."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/haiti-spirals-collapse-gangs-tighten-074823010.html |title=Haiti spirals to collapse as gangs tighten grip |work=BBC News |first=Will |last=Grant |date=March 11, 2024 |access-date=2024-03-11 |archive-date=11 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2024031...spirals-collapse-gangs-tighten-074823010.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Henry announced his intention to resign on 11 March 2024, and did so on 24 March of that year.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-04-25 |title=Haiti PM Ariel Henry resigns as transitional council is sworn in |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-68896323 |access-date=2024-04-28 |language=en-GB}}</ref>[/td]
[td]In early March 2024, the Revolutionary Forces of the G9 Family and Allies staged the [[2024 Haitian jailbreak|largest jailbreak in Haitian history]] and escalated attacks across the country, including an attempted siege of the [[Toussaint Louverture International Airport]]. Chérizier claimed responsibility for the attacks and stated that the goal was to capture key government institutions, overthrow the unelected acting [[Prime Minister of Haiti|prime minister]] [[Ariel Henry]] and become more powerful in Haiti,<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 March 2024 |first=Markus |last=Plate |title=Bandenboss "Barbecue" will Haitis Regierung stürzen |url=https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amerika/haiti-banden-gewalt-100.html |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Tagesschau |language=de |archive-date=7 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2024030.../ausland/amerika/haiti-banden-gewalt-100.html |url-status=live }}</ref> warning that "if Ariel Henry doesn't step down and the international community continues to support him, they will lead us directly to a civil war which will end in genocide."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/haiti-spirals-collapse-gangs-tighten-074823010.html |title=Haiti spirals to collapse as gangs tighten grip |work=BBC News |first=Will |last=Grant |date=March 11, 2024 |access-date=2024-03-11 |archive-date=11 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2024031...spirals-collapse-gangs-tighten-074823010.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Henry announced his intention to resign on 11 March 2024, and did so on 24 March of that year.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-04-25 |title=Haiti PM Ariel Henry resigns as transitional council is sworn in |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-68896323 |access-date=2024-04-28 |language=en-GB}}</ref>[/td]
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