THE KENYAN POLICE FORCE
Haiti's Jimmy 'Barbecue' Cherizier, Cop-Turned-Gang Leader Targeted By U.N. Sanctions
Posted on 05/21/2024 4:09:53 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
It has taken quite a while to get to this point but the first group of Kenyan police have arrived in Haiti this week and hundreds more will be arriving later this week.
A small advance group of Kenyan officers – part of a larger UN-backed “multinational security support mission” designed to stabilize Haiti after months of mayhem – landed in the capital, Port-au-Prince, late on Monday as the city’s airport reopened nearly three months after a gang uprising forced it to close.
Kenyan media reports said another 200 officers were due to arrive later this week with their deployment coinciding with a state visit the country’s president, William Ruto, is making to the US. A total of about 1,000 Kenyan agents are expected to join the mission, as well as officers from Chile, Jamaica, Grenada, Paraguay, Burundi, Chad, Nigeria and Mauritius...
The first Kenyan officers to arrive will reportedly come from an elite paramilitary unit called the recce squad, the rapid deployment force and members of a police special operation group who have spent time fighting Islamist insurgents on Kenya’s eastern border with Somalia. “They are no strangers to violent armed actors,” reported the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.
Ultimately, there will be 1,000 Kenyan police who will lead a total force of 2,500. The hope, at least at the UN, is that once the gangs realized they are facing an experienced fighting force they will simply give up.
In a recent interview, the UN’s top expert on human rights in Haiti, William O’Neill, said he hoped many of the young gang combatants who have been sowing terror in Port-au-Prince would stand down once a superior fighting force arrived. “A lot of them are teenagers. You’re talking about 15-year-olds, 16-year-olds – and there’s no ideology. It’s not like the Taliban or al-Shabaab,” O’Neill said.
That may be the hope but so far it looks as if the gangs aren't planning to fade away. On the contrary, they seem to be gearing up for a fight with new military clothing and weapons.
In recent years, one of Haiti’s most powerful and best armed gangs, 5 Segonn, promoted itself with brash rap videos posted on social media.
But videos and photos recently posted by the gang to TikTok show a shift: It’s trying to present itself as an organized security force.
The gang members are now uniformed and wielding more powerful weapons...
Earlier this month, 5 Segonn’s leader took to social media to taunt and threaten the incoming security force, which will be based at the capital’s airport.
The upgraded weapons seem to be coming from South American, though that's not certain.
Aiding the gangs is an arsenal more powerful than any they have ever possessed before, according to two Justice Department officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive intelligence assessments. Since February, some gangs have acquired automatic weapons — possibly a mix of arms stolen from regional militaries and others converted from semiautomatic rifles, the officials said...
Haitian gangs appear to be using weapons also used by the Gulf Clan, a Colombian cartel, which operates along the country’s Caribbean coastline and uses neighboring countries to traffic cocaine. President Gustavo Petro of Colombia said last month that thousands of military weapons had been stolen and sold to armed groups, like cartels, and may have gone to Haiti.
It doesn't sound to me as if the gangs are about to give up. On the contrary, it sounds like they are looking to start a war against the incoming police force. It sounds as if some of the Kenyan police are experienced dealing with paramilitary groups but then the gangs have effectively been at war with the Haitian police for months. So most of the people involved here have real experience. My only guess, and that's all it is, is that the Kenyans will make progress restoring order but probably not without a significant body count.
There's a saying attributed to Mike Tyson that "everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face." In this case the Kenyan police seem to have a plan and the gangs also seem to have a plan. I'm not sure either plan is going to survive once the shooting starts.
Pop corn please. UN backed Kenyan popo and gangs showdown?
How best to equally distribute the spoils between them? How many young girls can be sent off as sex slaves? I trust the u.n. to take advantage of every unsavory piece of the pie. Nothing else.
My fearless prediction: The Kenyan police will cut and run once they start taking significant casualties. After all, it’s one thing to fight for your own country. It’s quite another to fight for some stinking hell-hole thousands of miles away.
Then what? Either Biden gets us involved or the UN raises the pay for the Kenyans, turning them into mercenaries. And where would the UN get that money? From Biden.
I’m kind of rooting for barbecue here… that country is nothing but a hell hole and sucks up money. Part of the problem is that the country has been used as a money laundering place and a child trafficking hub by our “betters” for years. Kinda like Ukraine but without the bio labs
If Barbecue is smart, he will offer the Kenyans positions in his gang. If the Kenyans are smart, they will take him up on this offer.
A win-win!
The Kenyans-did they sign up for this?
The best outcome-take over the country and give control to the Dominican Republic.
Prayers up for Kenyians sent to clean up Dodge.
They will probably not accept a dinner invitation from BBQ.
The top gangs in Kenya.
Wakali Wao , Panga Boys, MRC, Dambel, 26 Sheba, Kayole Jamaican , Mbogi la Islam, 3 Phase, Peaceland and Geta.
When You’re a Jet
From West Side Story
When you’re a Panga, you’re a Panga all the way from your first flaming crack to your last dying day
When you’re a Panga, let ‘em do what they cang-ga
You got brothers around, you’re a family man.
You’re never alone, you’re never disconnected
You’re home with your own when company’s expected
You’re well protected.
Then you are set with a capital P
Which you’ll never forget till they cart you away
When you’re a Panga, you stay a Panga.
Here come the Wakali like a bat out of hell
Someone gets in our way, someone don’t feel so well.
Here come the Wakali, little world, step aside
Better go underground, better run, better hide
We’re drawin’ the line, so keep your noses hidden
We’re hangin’ a sign, says, “Visitors Forbidden” and we ain’t kiddin’
Here come the Sheba, yeah
And we’re gonna beat every last buggin’ gang on
The whole buggin’ street on the whole buggin’ ever lovin’ street
Yeah
I think the Kenyan police are about to start gunning down a lot of teenagers. You know ... 15-year-olds, 16-year-olds.
But I bet the US media will shrug it off. It’s different when they do it.
The UN vs gangs?
Hmmmm....
Oh **** that, go Haitians!!!
That’s exactly what I expect. Cocaine & more money will turn Kenyans into Haitians in short order.
So what is Barbeque’s weapon of choice?
Looks like an AR-type, probably full auto, and (eek) he has two mags (big ones, and not clips) ready to swap out.
Someone send him an NRA patch for his shirt.
how much is the USA paying for this excursion?
The UN believes the gangs will give up when they see the African fighting force 🤣🤣🤣
In the past, Kenya’s police ad military had a good reputation for their professionalism, one of the legacies from British rule.
Haiti ping
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