Haiti gang leader, an associate of Jimmy 'Barbeque' Cherizier, is killed: report

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A gang leader with ties to one of Haiti’s most powerful criminal organizations reportedly has been shot dead by police in Port-au-Prince.

Ernst Julme, the head of the Delmas 95 gang – which is part of gang leader Jimmy "Barbeque" Cherizier’s "Viv Ansanm" alliance – was gunned down Thursday weeks after his escape from custody in a massive jailbreak, Reuters reports.

His death came a day after two other suspected Haiti gang members were killed and set on fire in a suburb of Port-au-Prince in an apparent act of vigilante justice.

Jimmy Cherizier, a 46-year-old known by the nickname "Barbecue," runs a gang coalition called the G9 Family and Allies, which has risen to become perhaps the most powerful gang in Haiti.

SUSPECTED HAITI GANG MEMBERS KILLED, SET ON FIRE IN APPARENT ACT OF VIGILANTE JUSTICE: REPORT

The apparent vigilante killings in Pétion-Ville – a suburb of the Caribbean country’s capital – happened as Haitian newspaper Le Nouvelliste reported Wednesday that at least 15 people have died in attacks around that area, which is home to numerous embassies, according to Reuters.

A Reuters journalist there said they saw the two suspected gang members killed and set on fire. Earlier, the news agency said footage it viewed showed the individuals’ bodies lying and being dragged around on the