Jimmy Chérizier, the elite police officer-turned-gang leader known as “Barbecue,” has risen through Haiti’s political ... Other figures, such as Guy Philippe, are better known.

Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Cherizier ... Chérizier, like many other Haitian criminal lords, is a guy with strong political ties. It was rumored that he was close to Jovenel Moïse, the former president ...