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Canada imposes new sanctions on two ‘Haitian elites’

Sanctions come days after Canada sent armoured vehicles to Haiti to help bolster the Haitian National Police in their fight against armed gangs [File: Ricardo Arduengo/Reuters]

Canada has imposed new sanctions against two “Haitian elites” accused of enabling criminal gangs, the latest measure in an international campaign to stem a surge of deadly violence in the Caribbean nation.

Canada’s foreign affairs ministry said on Friday that it was sanctioning former member of parliament Arnel Belizaire and businessman Charles Saint-Remy, an associate of former Haitian President Michel Martelly.

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