Many Haitians keep believing this lie that it is the mixed race only mixed-race individuals who are rich or wealthy. They just say generally put all of the mixed race Haitians in the same category, that are the ones destroying Haiti. Let me remind you that the majority of the elite mostly look like dark skin black Haitians. What kind of mentality is that?


If you have a little color, light skin, don't look completely dark skin, or your ancestors are not from 100% of a country in Africa, then all of a sudden, Haitians and foreigners don't believe you when you say that you are Haitian or of Haitian ancestry. When certain Haitians say that to the people that I just described, they shut up when that person starts speaking Haitian Creole to them fluently, even better than them.


If you're light-skinned as part of the Haitian culture, then all of a sudden, many Haitians automatically assume and start calling you a mulatto. And if you're very light-skinned, then you're given the status of being white, and they start calling you a white man or a white woman. What kind of mentality is that? Does it look like the old French colonizers did some serious, messed-up mental surgery on you all?

U.S. indicts Haitian gang leader Jimmy "Barbecue" Chérizier and accomplice for funding gang activities and violating sanctions. A federal grand jury in the U.S. has indicted Jimmy Chérizier, a powerful Haitian gang leader known as "Barbecue," and Bazile Richardson, a naturalized U.S. citizen, on charges of conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions and funnel money to finance Chérizier's gang operations in Haiti. The indictment accuses them of a wide-ranging conspiracy that allegedly began around December 2020 and continued through January of this year.

On Tuesdsy, August 12, 2025, the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs is announcing a reward offer under the Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program (TOCRP) of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction, in any country, of Haitian gang leader Jimmy Cherizier, a.k.a. "Barbecue."

Cherizier is the leader of Viv Ansanm, which was designated by the Secretary of State on May 2, 2025, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT), and is a central figure responsible for gang violence in Haiti. Notorious for his total disregard of human dignity, Cherizier is directly involved in the mass murder and rape of Haitian civilians.

In December 2020, Cherizier and two Haitian public officials were designated for sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (Global Magnitsky) for their roles in the La Saline massacre and severe human rights abuses in Haiti.

Today's reward offer complements the Department of Justice's unsealing of the indictment of Cherizier in the District of Columbia, charging him with one count of conspiracy to violate U.S. sanctions in violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Cherizier avoided sanctions placed on him in 2020 under the Global Magnitsky Act. His co-defendant, Brazile Richardson, also made his initial court appearance on Tuesday, August 12, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

Just days after U.S. authorities unsealed an indictment and offered $5 million for information leading to his arrest, Haitian gang leader Jimmy "Barbecue" Cherizier has broken his silence on social media.

In a video posted to what appears to be his TikTok account, Cherizier claims he is willing to "collaborate" with the FBI but only under one condition: "They stop the lies," he says.

Cherizier, the former police officer turned gang leader, is accused of funneling money from the U.S. to support violent operations in Haiti, including paying gang members and purchasing illegal firearms. He has been under U.S. sanctions since 2020 and is linked to the 2018 La Saline massacre.

But now, facing terrorism charges and a global manhunt, Barbecue is pushing back publicly.

Read the full breakdown, visit https://haitiantimes.com/2025/08/12/barbecue-5-million-reward-indictment/

The security firm of former U.S. Navy Seal Erik Prince will soon deploy nearly 200 personnel from various countries to Haiti as part of a one-year deal to quell gang violence there, a person with knowledge of the plans said Thursday. Prince guaranteed that his team can defeat most the gangs in 1 year. After the 1 year is up, they will still be there for 10 years help fight any remaining opponents that may recruit themselves and try revive to bring back terrors upon the Haitian people and the Haiti Government.

The deployment by Vectus Global is meant to help the government of Haiti recover vast swaths of territory seized in the past year and now controlled by heavily armed gangs, said the person, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss the plans. Another reason why they will be in Haiti for 10 years is because Americcan company has signed a contract with the Haitian Government for 10 years.

The company, which provides logistics, infrastructure, security and defense, is run by Prince, a major donor to U.S. President Donald Trump. Prince previously founded the controversial security firm Blackwater. Can Blackwater keep its word and defeat the gangs within 1 year?

Reginald Boulos, who is a wealthy businessman, was arrested in the United States by ICE agents. Basically, he was born in New York, United States, to Haitian parents from Haiti. One of his parents is of Syrian descent and the other is of Lebanese descent, even though a very long time ago by immigrantion. A couple of years ago, he rejected his American citizenship to take Haitian citizenship to make an attempt to run for President of Haiti. That plan failed, then he came back to the United States and applied to become a permanent resident. ICE arrested him recently in the United States, because when he applied to return to the United States on a Temporary Protective Status (TPS), he lied on the questionnaire about whether he had ever been involved in Politics or a Government political party in Haiti. There were other charges like funding gangs to create chaos in Haiti, being involved in the assassination of the President of Haiti back in 2021, misusing loans, etc. Let me remind you, these loans were borrowed from the Haitian Government from their Social Security Department. He keeps creating more businesses, becoming wealthier, and somehow keeps forgetting to pay his loans.

Reginald Boulos was involved in various businesses in Haiti, including Delimart supermarkets, Autoplaza (a Nissan dealership), and the restructuring of Le Martin newspaper. He also led a group of investors in the purchase and renovation of the El Rancho hotel. Additionally, his company sold Chinese-made buses and trucks to the Haitian government, and he held a significant share in the sale of construction equipment under the late President Jovenel Moïse.

Reginald Boulos is also a physician or doctor. He was arrested on July 17, 2025. His first court date was on July 31, 2025. He asked his lawyers to ask the judge not to allow any of the public and media to be inside the courtroom, and his wish was granted. His next Court date is on court date is on Tuesday, August 26, 2025. There are rumors out there that the judge is planning on sentencing him to be deported back to Haiti. The Haitian Government is looking forward to arresting him if he is deported back to Haiti. On the contrary majority of the Haitian public wants him to rot in jail in the United States. They concluded that he has so many connections in Haiti, so sending him back there would be sending him to Paradise. Plus, people are very skeptical about the Justice System and the Judiciary branch in Haiti. If you have money there, then you can do whatever you want and can get away with anything, which is not supposed to be that way in 2025.

On August 7, Laurent Saint-Cyr, the one-time head of the American Chamber of Commerce in Haiti, was sworn in as president of the Transitional Presidential Council (TPC). He is set to lead the council through the end of its mandate in February 2026. With the position of prime minister held by fellow businessman Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, and no elected officials holding office at any level, the government is directly in the hands of the private sector. In conclusion, the private sector used to lobby from behind the scenes in the Government of Haiti, but now, for the first time, the private sector has taken over the head of the Haitian Government, both the President and the Prime Minister. Let's see how well they do!