Haitian gang leader Jimmy Cherizier, has warned of initiating a civil war and "genocide" unless Prime Minister Ariel Henry steps down from his post, reported Al Jazeera.
The Haiti government declared a state of emergency on Sunday after thousands of prisoners escaped from its largest prison, Haiti's National Penitentiary, during a surge of gang violence that has upended the Caribbean nation for months, reported CNN.
In a post on X, one of Haiti's Police Unions pleaded for all officers in the capital with access to cars and weapons to support police fighting to have control over the penitentiary.
Jimmy Cherizier, the ruthless G9 Family and Allies gang's (FRG9) commander in Port-au-Prince, told reporters on Wednesday that, in some situations, he would welcome a worldwide police force to help Haiti restore security.