Haiti gang leader will consider ceasefire but warns foreign forces will be treated as 'invaders'

He is not responsible for all the violence spreading through Haiti's capital, but do not doubt that he is at the center of it. His fighters are never far away. This is all his territory now because it was an open road the last time I was here. Yes, Jimmy Chariza referred to it universally. up to here as a griller he is the head of one of the most powerful

gang

s in Porto Príncipe but he is also the head of a consortium of

gang

s that has brought Haiti to its knees he took us through the bus checkpoints they put in place to stop police raids in his territory that territory now extends over one of the main streets of the city an economic highway that he controls in its entirety up to the barbecue bridge he

consider

s himself a revolutionary for the people and criticizes corrupt politicians and oligarchs, dismisses all efforts being made here to form a transitional council that

will

govern Haiti, but for the first time he told Sky News that he would

consider

a

ceasefire

and talks if his people are represented.

This is important, although I assume that for talks to take place the weapons would have to be lowered to CLE while this is a major development, worryingly predicts that the fighting is far from over within its territory, despite the poverty, the Life is relatively peaceful and organized, unlike much of Porto Príncipe, the signs for the barbecue food are orderly, it's usually chaos, but here people wait. knowing that there are enough supplies for the entire community, this is a source of barbecue strength to the outside world, he may be a gangster, but here he is some kind of Robin Hood, well, we are right in the heart of Gangland territory of Barbu and I have to say that the atmosphere here is very different from much of the rest of Porto Príncipe.

It's much calmer, much more relaxed. There is aid distribution. It's not chaotic. The feeling you get from this is that people feel safe in here. The battlefield is outside the barricade. What is there here is much more like a normal city guarded by its well-armed and battle-hardened soldiers. BBQ says plans for a Kenyan-led international force to impose peace on Prince

will

lead to more violence, whoever is in charge of this last time we met you said that if a

foreign

intervention were to happen here, the people poor man would die in the fighting, there is talk that they would be Kenyans who would come.

Could you do business with them? The barbecue on the road. Now the controls are almost abandoned. The signs of battle, the burned cars and deserted buildings, the visual signs of uprooted families who have been forced to flee by the tens of thousands. He says he is trying to dominate the most violent gangs. He says they need to change their ways or risk losing their

leader

ship in the Revolution Jimmy Chizer a former police officer and self-proclaimed man of the people paused to fly a kite an Easter tradition here laughing and joking with his people a criminal to many but an unlikely hero on his territory No ordinary society needs people Like barbecue, but Haiti is not normal.

It is impossible to predict how or when normality will be achieved. Stuart Ramsey Sky News pter Prince