COMMENTARY The U.S. has indicted Haitian gang ruler Jimmy "Barbecue" Chérizier — but he and his Viv Ansanm confederation hold the cards in Port-au-Prince as long as they don't face real force.

This week’s U.S. indictment of Haiti’s Gang Godfather, Jimmy “Barbecue” Chérizier — and the $5 million reward posted for his arrest — might feel like Ameriken resolve. But in reality, it just underscores what now looks like the unwelcome choice the Trump administration faces in Haiti:

Either sponsor a much larger international show of force against Chérizier and his murderous gang confederation, Viv Ansanm, which now rules the capital, Port-au-Prince, and much of the rest of the country.

Or negotiate with them.

Otherwise, the world may need to resign itself to de facto gang governance in Hait

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