US, Canada Sanction Haitian Politicians, Accuse Them of Gang Ties
November 04, 2022 8:51 PM
Reuters
FILE - Former Haitian Senator Youri Latortue in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 12, 2021. The United States and Canada on Friday imposed sanctions on him and Haitian Senate President Joseph Lambert.
The United States and Canada on Friday imposed sanctions on two Haitian politicians, including the president of the country's Senate, as Washington accused them of abusing their positions to traffic drugs and collaborate with gang networks in the country.
The sanctions target Haitian Senate President Joseph Lambert and Youri Latortue, who served as president of the chamber from 2017 to 2018, the U.S. Treasury Department and Canada's foreign ministry said in separate statements.
"Joseph Lambert and Youri Latortue have abused their official positions to traffic drugs and collaborated with criminal and gang networks to undermine the rule of law in Haiti," the U.S. Treasury's undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, Brian Nelson, said.
"The United States and our international partners will continue to take action against those who facilitate drug trafficking, enable corruption and seek to profit from instability in Haiti," he added.
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