Jimmy Chérizier alias Barbecue: Most Feared Gang Boss In Haiti
Published by Frankline Macharia
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 claim his habit of incinerating his victims was the real reason.
The 47 year old was a police officer attached to the Unité départementale de maintien d’ordre, a riot squad with a bogus reputation of shooting protesters dead.
In 2018 he was expelled from the force on accusation of involvement of a horrificmassacre 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 slums and most important road arteries.
His role models are Thomas Sankara, Fidel Castro, Malcolm X and Martin Lurther King