UN staff in Haiti told to stay off streets after gang coalition flexes muscle, US Marines face gunfire

Threats from Haitian gangs reportedly prompted the United Nations (UN) and overseas embassies to counsel unit to enactment disconnected the streets of the superior Port-au-Prince Monday.

UN information directed unit to enactment remotely and restrict question successful the West region, portion Haiti’s National Police canceled each unit permission until further notice, according to The Miami Herald.

Mathias Gillmann, a spokesperson with the UN Integrated Office successful Haiti, confirmed to Fox News Digital successful an email that unit were asked to enactment from location for the day. 

Public threats from a almighty Haitian pack person began circulating connected societal media successful caller days pursuing play information operations from the Haitian National Police, the Armed Forces of Haiti and the Gang Suppression Force (GSF), a multinational mission, authorized by the UN Security Council.

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Gang Leader Jimmy 'Barbecue' Cherizier patrolling the streets with G-9 federation pack members successful the Delmas 3 country connected Feb. 22, 2024, successful Port-au-Prince, Haiti. ((Photo by Giles Clarke/Getty Images))

Jimmy Chérizier, wide known arsenic "Barbecue," appeared successful a video shared Sunday by an autarkic Haitian media outlet, urging radical to enactment location connected Nov. 17 truthful they wouldn’t "be a victim," according to a little translation of his remarks.

"Those who don't request to, bash not spell retired into the streets. Leave the streets to 'Viv Ansanm' and the constabulary truthful that we tin face them," "Barbecue" is quoted arsenic saying, according to HaitiLibre, an autarkic Haitian quality tract based successful Port-au-Prince.

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Viv Ansanm is simply a Haitian pack conjugation that was designated by the U.S. State Department arsenic a Specially Designated Global Terrorist and Foreign Terrorist Organization successful May.

It was formed successful Sept. 2023 done an confederation betwixt the 2 main pack factions operating successful Port-au-Prince, G-9 and G-Pép.

A Kenyan Police armored conveyance patrols the Solino territory successful Port-au-Prince connected Nov. 16, 2024, days aft the country came nether power of the "Viv Ansanm" pack alliance.

The GSF said successful an X station connected Sunday that, unneurotic with specialized units from the Haitian National Police and the Armed Forces of Haiti, it carried retired a information cognition against the enactment and members of the 400 Mawozo pack that led to the deaths of respective pack members.

The Friday cognition resulted successful the seizure of aggregate weapons, including an M50-caliber Barrett rifle, six battle rifles and 3 pistols, they said.

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"This cognition sends a wide and unequivocal message: the epoch of unchecked pack dominance is over. Haiti’s information institutions are mobilizing each disposable capabilities; connected land, astatine sea, and successful the air, to reconstruct peace, support communities, and guarantee that each Haitian tin workout their basal quality rights without fearfulness of violence," work a connection from GSF. "Joint intelligence-driven operations and continuous information patrols volition persist until these transgression groups are decisively defeated."

Police forces instrumentality portion successful an cognition against almighty gangs adjacent the National Palace successful Port-au-Prince connected July 9, 2024 (Clarens Siffroy/AFP via Getty Images)

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GSF said a Haitian National Police chopper providing aerial enactment during the cognition was forced to marque an exigency landing owed to a mechanical malfunction. 

The squad connected committee was evacuated by crushed units, who came nether dense pack occurrence portion conducting the rescue.

On Thursday, U.S. Marines protecting the American embassy successful Haiti exchanged gunfire with suspected pack members. No work members were injured successful the incident.