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Haiti capital on edge after gang leader issues threat

Gang leader Jimmy "Barbecue" Cherizier is seen in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 5,2024. [AFP]

Street activity in the capital of violence-wracked Haiti slowed to a trickle Monday, after powerful gangs threatened action in response to a deadly police operation.

Jimmy "Barbecue" Cherisier, the UN-sanctioned leader of a gang coalition known as Viv Ansanm (Living Together), urged residents to stay home, warning in a social media video over the weekend that his men would "take to the streets to confront law enforcement."

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