U.S. and U.N. Impose Sanctions on Ex‑Haitian Security Official Over 2021 President's Killing and Gang Ties

Dimitri Hérard, former head of Haiti’s presidential security unit, has long been accused of playing a role in the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. (Credit: Via The Haitian Times)

In a joint move by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the United Nations Security Council, sanctions were imposed on Dimitri Hérard, the former head of the General Security Unit at Haiti's National Palace who has been accused of involvement in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse.

The sanctions target Hérard's alleged support for Viv Ansanm, a gang coalition that, according to the U.N., uses violence and intimidation to destabilize the country and block any effort to restore state control in Haiti.