Jimmy Chérizier, known by the nickname "Barbecue," is a former Haitian National Police officer who became the most prominent armed group leader in contemporary Haiti.
Expelled from the police following allegations of involvement in the La Saline massacre of November 2018, he founded the G9 Family and Allies (G9 an fanmi ak alye) in mid-2019 — a federation of nine Port-au-Prince gangs that controlled key arteries into the capital. Under the Moïse government, G9 was widely documented by human r...
TimelineAcross the historical record.
- 2021-07-07
Assassination of Jovenel Moïse (2021)
assassination-2021 — the political rupture that removed the prior government and opened the space for G9's autonomous expansion