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."