Tuesday, June 25, 2024 - Just hours before Kenyan police officers are scheduled to land in Port-au-Prince in Haiti, notorious gang leader Jimmy Cherizier, popularly known as Barbecue, has changed tune and is now ready to end the war.
In a surprise move, Barbecue
penned a letter to the Haitian government seeking dialogue to avoid
confrontation with Kenyan troops.
Barbeque, who had in the past
dared Kenyan police officers, remarked that he was seeking to explore peace
initiatives being advanced by Prime Minister Garry Conille.
Initially, Barbeque had accused
the Kenyan-led multinational force of infringing on the sovereignty of
Haiti.
"If the Kenyan military or
police come, whatsoever, I will consider them, aggressors,” the gang leader had
vowed on March 2024.
“We will consider them as
invaders and we do not have to collaborate with any invaders that have come to
walk over our independence.”
The gang leader, who is a former
police officer, seemingly succumbed to pressure following a government-led raid
in his base at the nation’s capital.
With the Kenyan police force
further expected to limit Barbeque’s hold in the Caribbean nation, he has now
shown a willingness to end his reign of terror.
In his letter to the government,
Baberque remarked that his gang was willing to stay confined in their base and
stop patrolling the streets.
This would give the people of
Haiti freedom to resume normal life as well as bring peace to the war-torn
country.
President William Ruto has
already deployed 400 police officers to Haiti.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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