section_path: History (2020–2022)/2022 crisis/Fuel protests
section_name: Fuel protests
paragraph_text: Fuel protests
  
  In September 2022, protests erupted, sparked by a governmental decision to eliminate fuel subsidies which caused prices to double overnight. Jimmy (Barbecue) Chérizier, the leader of the G9 Family and Allies gang alliance, organized a blockade of the country's largest oil terminal (Varreux). Gangs gunned down prominent figures, including journalists and a politician in the streets in October and November. Protests continued even after the lifting of the blockade on 7 November.