Haiti has seen gang violence
The United Nations has warned that the crisis in Haiti is increasing as the violence of the gang across the country is deteriorating. (AP video courtesy, thumb etiquette of Reuters)
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American Attorney Genin Piro announced an indictment in Washington, DC on Tuesday, accusing Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizer and Bajil Richardson, accusing a natural American citizen, conspiring to send us funds to finance the Cherizier’s Hethian gang.
The Department of Justice (Doj) said that Chérizier is a fugitive and is believed to be in Haiti.
His co-operative, Richardson, who also goes by “Fredo,” “Fred Lion,” “Leo Danger,” and “Lap Blood”, was arrested on 23 July in Pasadena, Texas.
Piro said on Tuesday that Chirizier is a gang leader who orkte and did various acts of violence against Hotian.
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On August 12, 2025, the Department of Justice ignored a prosecution against Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Chirizier at Washington, DC. The Cherizer was earlier approved for human rights violations for the Magnitsky Act. (Getty; Department of Justice)
In 2020, the US approved Chérizier under the Magnitsky Act for its alleged human rights violations. His prosecution makes it the first of his kind for a person approved under the International Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, said Piro said.
Richardson and Cherizer grew up together in Haiti, although earlier became a natural American citizen and lived in North Carolina.
Richardson was reportedly motivated to send money to the Cherizer, knowing that he was approved under the Magnitsky Act.
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“I want to tell the public that anyone who was giving money to the Cherizer is also known as a barbecue, because he did not know due to his violent acts in his country, ‘I didn’t know. I didn’t know that I didn’t know that I was approved by the US government,” said Piro. “They will be prosecuted, and we will find them as they are supporting a person who was violating human rights. And we will not see in another way.”
The state department’s Transnational Organized Crime Rewards program announced on Tuesday that it was giving a reward of up to $ 5 million for the leading information or leading information of the Cherizer. Anyone is encouraged to contact the state department for information about his hideout.
“A good reason is a reward of $ 5 million for information for the arrest of Cherizer. He is a gang leader responsible for the abuses of heinous human rights, including violence against American citizens in Haiti,” Piro said. “The US government approved Chérizier in 2020 as it was responsible for the ongoing campaign of violence, including the 2018 LA Khara massacre, killing 71 people, destroyed more than 400 houses, and at least seven women raped by armed gangs.”
The court documents suggest that the Cherizer is a former officer in the HiTian National Police and is the leader of a gang, known as the revolutionary forces of G9 families and colleagues, who helped to form a gang alliance called Viv Ansanam. The coalition unites several criminal gangs of Haiti against Haiti’s legitimate government.
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The police patrol the ports of the port-e-prince between Port-A-Prince on April 23, 2024 at Port-AU-Prince, Haiti. (Reuters/Ralph Teddy Errol/File Photo)
The prosecution accused the Cherizier and Richardson, when the Cherizer was approved, led a comprehensive conspiracy with people at the US, Haiti and other places, which to raise funds for the Cherizer gang activities in violation of restrictions.
In particular, two people pleaded for money from members of the HiTian Diaspora in the US
DOJ said, “After sending money to middlemen in Haiti for the benefit of Cherizer, the US and HiTian will send the chariazier pictures of the receipts from the money transfer to the co-speculators.” “Chérizier mainly used these funds to pay salaries to his gang members and acquire firearms from illegal firearms dealers in Haiti.”
The Trump Administration, in May, nominated Vivu Ansanam and Gran Griff – Haiti’s two most powerful gang networks – as foreign terrorist organizations and specially designated terrorists.
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The move aims to disrupt the operation of the gang and support efforts to restore the order in the distressed Caribbean nation.
The designations brought serious legal results. Viv Ansanm or Gran GRIF people or institutions who provide material assistance can face criminal allegations, loss of immigration benefits or removal from America
