Jean-Rémy Badio
Haitian photographer and journalist
Jean-Rémy Badio (died 19 January 2007) was a freelance Haitian photographer and journalist for Le Matin in Martissant, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Personal
Badio was a resident of Martissant, Haiti, a poor area along the southern part of Port-au-Prince.
Career
Jean-Rémy Badio was a freelance reporter in Martissant, Haiti. Martissant was known for its gang activity when Badio began reporting it. Badio began taking photos of armed gang members and reporting this to the local dailies, primarily the Port-au-Prince newspaper Le Matin.
Death
Prior to Badio's death, he took photos of a gang war near his home in Martissant, Haiti. After these photos were taken, he began receiving death threats at his home because his photos featured the faces of those gang members. On January 19, 2007; Badio was shot in his home in Martissant. No one else was harmed in this act.
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The civilian vigilante group, Lame Ti Manchet (the Little Machete Army) are thought to be responsible for most of the killings in the Martissant area since the overthrow of its elected government in 2004.
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