Weekly Report - 22 January 2026 (WR-26-03)

On 14 January Haiti’s national police (PNd’H) announced that it had targeted property owned by prominent gang leader Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Chérizier in the capital Port-au-Prince. The announcement comes as security forces appear to be increasingly focusing their efforts on gangs in the capital ahead of the key deadline of 7 February when the mandate of the transitional presidential council (CPT), which was established in the wake of the ejection of former prime minister Ariel Henry (2021-2024) following unprecedented gang attacks, is due to expire.