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Skip to contentSkip to site indexSearch & Section NavigationSection Navigation SEARCH Americas SUBSCRIBE FOR $1/WEEKLog in Tuesday, May 21, 2024 Today’s Paper SUBSCRIBE FOR $1/WEEK Americas|Haiti’s Gangs Grow Stronger as Kenyan-Led Force Prepares to Deploy https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/21/world/americas/haiti-gangs-weapons.html * Share full article * * Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Supported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT HAITI’S GANGS GROW STRONGER AS KENYAN-LED FORCE PREPARES TO DEPLOY Gang leaders with suspected links to the 2021 Haitian president’s assassination now control key infrastructure, and pose a major threat to the incoming Kenya-led force. * Share full article * * * Read in app Jimmy Chérizier, a former police officer also known as Barbecue, is now one of Haiti’s most powerful gang leaders and a key part of a new gang coalition.Credit...Matias Delacroix/Associated Press By Maria Abi-Habib May 21, 2024Updated 2:02 a.m. ET Get it sent to your inbox. They have a stranglehold on the country’s infrastructure, from police stations to seaports. They have chased hundreds of thousands of people from the capital. And they are suspected of having ties to the 2021 assassination of Haiti’s president. Western diplomats and officials say the influence and capability of many Haitian gangs are evolving, making them ever more threatening to the Kenyan-led multinational police force soon deploying to Haiti as well as the fragile transitional council trying to set a path for elections. With their arrival just days away, the 2,500 police officers will confront a better equipped, funded, trained and unified gang force than any mission previously deployed to the Caribbean nation, security experts say. Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Once largely reliant on Haiti’s political and business elite for money, some gangs have found independent financial lifelines since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in 2021 and the collapse of the state that ensued. Image The home in Port-au-Prince where President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in July 2021.Credit...Adriana Zehbrauskas for The New York Times “The gangs had been making their money from kidnappings and extortion and from payouts from politicians during elections and the business elites in between,” said William O’Neill, the United Nations-appointed human rights expert for Haiti. Subscribe to The Times to read as many articles as you like. A correction was made on May 21, 2024 : An earlier version of this article misstated the amount of cocaine that diplomats said was stolen from the Haitian gang leader Johnson André. It was two tons of cocaine, not 2,000 tons, -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When we learn of a mistake, we acknowledge it with a correction. If you spot an error, please let us know at nytnews@nytimes.com.Learn more Maria Abi-Habib is an investigative correspondent reporting on Latin America and is based in Mexico City. More about Maria Abi-Habib See more on: Michel Martelly * Share full article * * * Read in app Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT SITE INDEX SITE INFORMATION NAVIGATION * © 2024 The New York Times Company * NYTCo * Contact Us * Accessibility * Work with us * Advertise * T Brand Studio * Your Ad Choices * Privacy Policy * Terms of Service * Terms of Sale * Site Map * Canada * International * Help * Subscriptions Enjoy unlimited access to all of The Times. See subscription options