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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Edith M. Lederer

Proposed UN resolution would sanction top Haitian gang chief

Copyright 2021The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

The U.N. Security Council is negotiating a resolution that would impose an arms embargo, asset freeze and travel ban on influential Haitian gang leader Jimmy Cherizier, nicknamed “Barbeque.”

It also would target other Haitian individuals and groups who engage in actions that threaten the peace, security or stability of the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country, according to the text obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.

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