U.S. offers $5M reward for arrest of Haitian gang leader ‘Barbecue’

OAN Staff Abril Elfi

The United States has offered a $5 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Haitian gang leader Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier.

On Tuesday, the United States announced a reward following criminal charges against Cherizier and an unnamed North Carolina man for conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions.

“There’s a good reason that there’s a $5 million reward for information leading to Cherizier’s arrest,” U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said at a press conference. “He’s a gang leader responsible for heinous human rights abuses, including violence against American citizens in Haiti.”

The July 17^th indictment, unsealed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, states that Cherizier and Bazile Richardson, also known as “Fredo Pam,” conspired to avoid sanctions and raise funds for Cherizier’s gang activities in Haiti. They allegedly sought donations from members of the Haitian diaspora in the United States to assist pay gang members’ salaries and buy weaponry.

Richardson is a naturalized U.S. citizen who grew up in Haiti and now lives in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

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