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Ernst Julme’s death comes after two suspected Haitian gang members killed, set on fire
A gang leader with ties to one of Haiti’s most powerful criminal organizations reportedly has been shot dead by police in Port-au-Prince.
Ernst Julme, the head of the Delmas 95 gang – which is part of gang leader Jimmy “Barbeque” Cherizier’s “Viv Ansanm” alliance – was gunned down Thursday weeks after his escape from custody in a massive jailbreak, Reuters reports.
His death came a day after two other suspected Haiti gang members were killed and set on fire in a suburb of Port-au-Prince in an apparent act of vigilante justice.
Jimmy Cherizier, a 46-year-old known by the nickname “Barbecue,” runs a gang coalition called the G9 Family and Allies, which has risen to become perhaps the most powerful gang in Haiti.
