Kenyan police patrol outside U.S. embassy in Haiti while gang leader demands dialogue

(5 Jul 2024)
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Port-au-Prince, Haiti - 5 July 2024
1. Wide of U.S. embassy building
2. Various of Kenyan policemen with guns patrolling the U.S. embassy building
3. Mid of Kenyan policeman patrolling UPSOUND No name given (English): “Yeah, of course. We are here to bring peace, of course, not to fight. To bring peace."
4. Various of Kenyan policemen with guns patrolling
5. Gang leader Jimmy Cherizier a.k.a. Barbecue walking
6. SOUNDBITE (Haitian Creole) Jimmy Cherizier, gang leader:
“Let's focus on the solution; the real solution is a national dialogue where every Haitian without discrimination has the right to speak, and that's what the mafia doesn't want; they don't wish dialogue because they want to continue their war, they don't want dialogue because they don't want peace. We want dialogue because we don’t want war. We want dialogue because we want peace.”
7. Various of Kenyan policemen with guns patrolling
8. Car leaving embassy
STORYLINE:
Kenyan police officers were seen patrolling outside the US embassy building in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince on Friday.
Wearing their usual uniform of body armor and helmets and holding automatic weapons, they smiled at people asking questions, and one officer responded, "We are here to bring peace, of course, not to fight."
The Kenyan police officers are the first U.N.-backed contingent of foreign police to arrive in Haiti, nearly two years after the troubled Caribbean country urgently requested help to quell a surge in gang violence.
Meanwhile, not far from the embassy, Jimmy Cherizier, a former elite police officer who now leads a powerful gang federation known as G9 Family and Allies, set up a microphone in the street for an impromptu press conference.
Cherizier, best known as Barbecue, criticized Prime Minister Garry Connille, accusing him of not opening dialogue with the G9 Family and the alliance that he represents.
"Let's focus on the solution; the real solution is a national dialogue where every Haitian without discrimination has the right to speak," he said.
"We want dialogue because we don’t want war. We want dialogue because we want peace.”
This time, Cherizier abandoned his usual uniform and guns in favour of a flashy red suit.
AP video shot by: Michelson Duverge
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