post<\/a> on X, one of Haiti\u2019s Police Unions pleaded for all officers in the capital with access to cars and weapons to assist police battling to maintain control of the penitentiary, and warned that if the attackers were successful \u201cwe are done. No one will be spared in the capital because there will be 3,000 extra bandits now effective,\u201d according to the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMultiple security sources in Port-au-Prince told CNN that the most recent surge in violence, which began Thursday and has targeted police stations, the international airport and the National Penitentiary, is unprecedented in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Friday, Haitian gang leader Jimmy Cherizier, also known as Barbecue, said he would continue in his effort to try and oust Prime Minister Ariel Henry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe ask the Haitian National Police and the military to take responsibility and arrest Ariel Henry. Once again, the population is not our enemy; the armed groups are not your enemy. You arrest Ariel Henry for the country\u2019s liberation,\u201d Cherizier said, adding \u201cWith these weapons, we will liberate the country, and these weapons will change the country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cherizier is a former police officer who heads an alliance of gangs. He has faced sanctions from both the United Nations and the United States Department of Treasury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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