Haitian Gang Leader Threatens Politicians Joining Transition Council
• Powerful Haitian gang leader Jimmy "Barbeque" Cherizier threatens politicians participating in planned transition council • Cherizier warns he will target politicians' families if they join the council to lead Haiti • Canada evacuates non-essential embassy staff from Haiti amid fresh violence in Port-au-Prince • Haiti faces political and humanitarian crisis with gangs controlling capital, displacements, and rights abuses • International presence shrinking with UN, U.S., Canada reducing embassy staff in Haiti