Haiti Gang Leader Barbecue Signs Peace Agreement as Kenyan Police Intensify Mission.
Haiti Gang Leader Barbecue Signs Peace Agreement: Haiti gang leader Jimmy Cherizier alias Barbecue on Thursday signed a peace treaty to end the gang violence witnessed in the Caribbean nation.
According to Le Nouvelliste, a news outlet in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, the peace agreement was signed between the gang leaders led by Cherizier at a closed-door meeting.
”Residents took to the streets to celebrate this peace. Today, after more than two years,” revealed the publication.
During the meeting, the gang leaders also called on the Haitian government to consider convening a peace meeting with them in an attempt to stop the anarchy witnessed in the country.
It is not the first time Cherizier, the leader of the gang movement dubbed G9 Family and Allies, has called for peace talks with Prime Minister Garry Conille’s administration.
Last month He stated,”We have decided to publicly announce that our strategy of laying down arms to facilitate national dialogue and promote peace is already written in black and white on our agenda,”
“We are ready to elect a credible and coherent Haitian citizen in the diaspora to facilitate the dialogue to end this mafia war and facilitate the road to peace in the country,” he added.
The peace agreement comes amidst an intensified crackdown on gang violence by the Kenyan police in Haiti.
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