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Hell in Haiti: Bedlam in the streets of Port-Au-Prince as Americans beg volunteers to save them after being abandoned by Biden administration and crime boss Barbecue threatens politicians wives and kids

Shocking new footage shows fires engulfing the streets of chaos-racked Port-Au-Prince on Friday. 

The city has descended into pandemonium after heavily-armed gangs took over Haiti’s capital and released thousands of prisoners who went on a killing spree, as the nation teeters on the edge of civil war. 


Footage shared with DailyMail.com by rescue charity Dynamo shows flames in the streets and billowing clouds of smoke rising into the skies.

Haitians are seen carrying buckets of water towards the blaze as official authorities remain largely absent throughout the ongoing crisis.


Other residents walk calmly through the street, resigned to the turmoil, including a school girl skipping along with her backpack on. 


Dynamo is run by Bryan Stern, an Army and Navy combat veteran who specializes in rescuing Americans from hostile foreign territory. 

Haitians are seen carrying buckets of water towards the blaze as official authorities remain largely absent throughout the ongoing crisis

Haitians are seen carrying buckets of water towards the blaze as official authorities remain largely absent throughout the ongoing crisis

Jimmy 'Barbeque' Cherizier, Haiti's top gang leader has threatened the families of political leaders

Jimmy ‘Barbeque’ Cherizier, Haiti’s top gang leader has threatened the families of political leaders


The country’s top gang leader Jimmy ‘Barbeque’ Cherizier has threatened the families of political leaders who would support a planned transition council replacing ousted Prime Minister Ariel Henry. 


‘Don’t you have any shame?’ Barbecue said in a seven-minute audio message distributed on Thursday.

‘You have taken the country where it is today. You have no idea what will happen’ he said of the politicians.


‘I’ll know if your kids are in Haiti, if your wives are in Haiti… if your husbands are in Haiti,’ he said in an apparent threat to their families. 

‘If you’re gonna run the country all your family ought to be there’ he added. 

In his remarks, Barbecue said the resignation of Henry was only ‘a first step in the battle’ for the island nation of around 11 million.



A police union said the national police chief Frantz Elbe’s house had been set on fire on Thursday.

It is not yet clear if anyone had been hurt or give details on Elbe’s whereabouts.

The city has descended into pandemonium after heavily-armed gangs took over the capital and are clashing with police (pictured Thursday)

The city has descended into pandemonium after heavily-armed gangs took over the capital and are clashing with police (pictured Thursday)  


Tires have been burnt in the streets of Port-au-Prince during protests following Prime Minister Ariel Henry's resignation on Tuesday

Tires have been burnt in the streets of Port-au-Prince during protests following Prime Minister Ariel Henry’s resignation on Tuesday 

A protester burns tires during a demonstration in Port-au-Prince on Tuesday

A protester burns tires during a demonstration in Port-au-Prince on Tuesday 


A police officer is seen in an operation on the surroundings of the National Penitentiary following a fire on Thursday

A police officer is seen in an operation on the surroundings of the National Penitentiary following a fire on Thursday 


Ron DeSantis announced that he will send over 250 additional soldiers - and a fleet of aircraft and boats - to 'protect' Florida from vessels carrying Haitian asylum seekers

Ron DeSantis announced that he will send over 250 additional soldiers – and a fleet of aircraft and boats – to ‘protect’ Florida from vessels carrying Haitian asylum seekers

It comes as American citizens are scrambling to flee the war-torn nation but claim to have been ‘abandoned’ by the US government. 

Private rescue charity Project Dynamo is currently attempting to rescue 30 Americans, including children.  


The US government is yet to address exactly how many Americans remain stranded. 


Officials are considering housing refugees in Guantanamo Bay if there is a mass exodus.

The White House is discussing the plans amid fears thousands could try and reach the U.S. to escape the Caribbean nation on the brink of collapse.


Haitians would be processed on the base 200 miles from Haiti in a center separate to Camp X, where terrorist suspects are held, CNN reported.

The Department of Homeland Security says migration from the island being overtaken by gangs is so far low.

Ron DeSantis announced that he will send over 250 additional soldiers – and a fleet of aircraft and boats – to ‘protect’ Florida from vessels carrying Haitian asylum seekers.



Jill Dolan who runs the Love a Neighbor orphanage in rural Haiti is trapped with three of her children aged 14 to 20

Jill Dolan who runs the Love a Neighbor orphanage in rural Haiti is trapped with three of her children aged 14 to 20

A person pushes a cart past tires set on fire by demonstrators during a protest in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 12 March 2024

A person pushes a cart past tires set on fire by demonstrators during a protest in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 12 March 2024

Police officers take part in an operation on the surroundings of the National Penitentiary following a fire, as a powerful gang leader in Haiti has issued a threatening message aimed at political leaders who would take part in a still-unformed transition council for the country

Police officers take part in an operation on the surroundings of the National Penitentiary following a fire, as a powerful gang leader in Haiti has issued a threatening message aimed at political leaders who would take part in a still-unformed transition council for the country


The conservative governor made the edict Wednesday, as unrest in the Caribbean country continued for a second week.

The deployment will include 48 National Guardsmen, as well as four helicopters that will add to an already boisterous line of defense along the state’s southern coast.


A further 39 officers from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, 30 from Florida Highway Patrol, and 23 from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will also join the front, as well as a litany of aircraft and drones and eight boats.


On Friday Ron DeSantis said he was preparing to ‘ward of a potential influx of vessels’ form Haiti to Southern Florida that may be ‘carrying illegal immigrants.’

‘This is not a new operation for us’ he told reporters at a press conference on Friday morning. 

‘We’ve been assisting the Coast Guard, who are the primary vehicle to protect the shorelines of the United States.


The federal government has had a level four travel alert in place for Haiti for four years, which advises against all travel to the country and tells anyone in the country to leave as soon as they can.


Washington mother Jill Dolan, who runs the Love a Neighbor orphanage in rural Haiti was trapped with three of her children, aged 14 to 20, when fighting broke out.  

They say they’ve had little help from the US government, despite public assurances from the State Department that it is doing everything it can to evacuate stranded citizens.


Former Haiti  prime minister Ariel Henry says only he can appoint a transitionary council to transfer power following his resignation

Former Haiti  prime minister Ariel Henry says only he can appoint a transitionary council to transfer power following his resignation

‘We hear a lot of gunfire, generally at night. We hear a lot… There’s no way out,’ Dolan told CBS.

Jill’s husband, Ryan Dolan, who had left before the fighting started told K5: ‘I’m nervous. I’m not feeling supported or hopeful that the U.S. government is going to come to our aid or help evacuate in a timely fashion.’



It comes after American parents raised the alarm on their adoptive children that they say are stuck in the country.

The parents, who are based in states such as Iowa and Florida, told DailyMail.com they fear for the youngsters’ lives as the island descends into anarchy.

In horrifying testimony, they revealed they could hear gunshots and screaming as they spoke to the kids on the phone this week.


‘Our children will not survive this,’ warned adoptive mom Michelle Reed, who is trying to get her adopted six-year-old son Esai home to Florida to reunite with his two biological siblings who she previously adopted.

The families’ testimony came less than a day after Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry was forced to resign, following an emergency summit called to address gang-led violence currently occurring in the country.


The 74-year-old head of state tendered his resignation a week after the growing coalition of gangs warned of civil war if he did not step down.


People wait to collect water in containers along a street after Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry pledged to step down

People wait to collect water in containers along a street after Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry pledged to step down

Jimmy 'Barbecue' Cherizier (pictured) warned of a 'genocide' unless Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry stepped down. The country is now in a state of flux

Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Cherizier (pictured) warned of a ‘genocide’ unless Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry stepped down. The country is now in a state of flux 

The volatile situation has seen dead bodies pile up in the streets of the nation's capital Port-au-Prince

The volatile situation has seen dead bodies pile up in the streets of the nation’s capital Port-au-Prince 


His resignation was swiftly confirmed by Guyana’s president Mohamed Irfaan Ali, the current chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).


The coalition called the emergency meeting as gangs across the Caribbean country continue to unite, targeting government buildings and foreign embassies – and killing many innocents caught in the crossfire.

As a result, thousands have had fled their homes, and locals continue to report the overwhelming stench of the dead. Meanwhile, politicians across the region are scrambling for a solution – one that may now be in sight following Henry’s removal.


‘We acknowledge his resignation upon the establishment of a transitional presidential council and naming of an interim prime minister,’ Ali said, thanking Henry – who came to power unelected after the assassination of Haiti’s previous president – for his service.

The decision, said to have been made Friday, came shortly before the US deployed Marines to evacuate its embassy as gangs led by former police officer Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Cherizier continue to attack state institutions.

Henry, at the moment, remains unable to return home, stranded in Puerto Rico since Tuesday after officials deemed it unsafe for him to land in neighboring Dominican Republic.



On Saturday, the office of Dominican President Luis Abinader issued a statement explaining that decision – saying ‘Henry is not welcome in the Dominican Republic for safety reasons.’

That decision came shortly after another that saw the Caribbean nation close its land border with its embattled neighbor, seemingly leaving the other side of Hispaniola to its fate.

The conflict has sparked concerns among Republicans that Haitian refugees will travel to the US.


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