UNITED NATIONS (AP) — 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 that engage in actions that threaten the peace, security or stability of the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country. The U.S.-drafted resolution obtained Thursday by The Associated Press singles out by name Cherizier, a former police officer who leads an alliance of Haitian gangs known as the “G9 Family and Allies.” But it would also establish a Security Council committee to designate others to be put on a blacklist and subjected to sanctions as well.
Proposed UN resolution would sanction top Haitian gang chief
