The situation in Haiti remains unsettled after the mass escape of prisoners from several penitentiaries.
Powerful gang leader Jimmy Serizier, or “Barbecue”, as he is nicknamed, has warned that the current chaos in the capital Port-au-Prince will lead to civil war and genocide if Prime Minister Ariel Henry does not resign.
“If Ariel Henry does not step down, if the international community continues to support him, we will go straight to a civil war that will lead to genocide,” Cherisier, a former police officer who has been sanctioned by the UN for violations, told reporters in the capital. of human rights.
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“Either Haiti will become a paradise or a hell for all of us. “A small group of rich people who live in big hotels cannot decide the fate of people who live in working-class districts,” added the 46-year-old.
Henry – who was supposed to step down last month – was out of the country last week when armed criminal gangs, which control large swathes of the country, launched a coordinated attack to oust him from power.
Yesterday he tried to return but was denied entry to the Dominican Republic and so headed to Puerto Rico.
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