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July 22, 2024

U.S. Ambassador to U.N. Travels to Haiti; Court Charges 40+ in 2018 Massacre, Incl. Jimmy Chérizier
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U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield is traveling to
Haiti today to show support for the Kenya-led international military
mission that is now operating on Haitian soil.
In related news, over 40 Haitian gang leaders, police and officials were
charged last week over the November 2018 massacre in Port-au-Prince,
which killed dozens of civilians. The police officers involved had been
working with a U.N. mission. One of those charged on Thursday was
notorious officer turned gang leader Jimmy "Barbecue" Chérizier, who is
accused of financing the operation.


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