Jimmy Chérizier alias Barbecue: Most Feared Gang Boss In Haiti

Jimmy Chérizier was born between 1976/77

He has come to be popularly known as "Babekyou" or "Barbecue"

Chérizier was born during the repressive reign of Baby Doc Duvalier

His father died when he was only five, leaving their mother to fend for him and his seven siblings

They grew up in Delmas, a rundown neighborhood in Port-au-Prince

Barbecue’s mother hawked fish on the streets to fend for her family.

According to the gang boss, he earned the nickname ‘Barbecue’ thanks to his mother's occupation, although some cla

The 47 year old was a police officer attached to the Unité départementale de maintien d’ordre, a riot squad with a

In 2018 he was expelled from the force on accusation of involvement of a horrific

massacre that year in a slum called La Saline which saw 71 people killed, seven women raped and 400 homes torched.

He leads the gang alliance christineed the G9 Family and Allies, that controls some of Port-au-Prince’s largest sl

His role models are Thomas Sankara, Fidel Castro, Malcolm X and Martin Lurther King