US sanctions high-ranking Haitian official and accuses him of supporting gangs

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. government imposed visa restrictions on Fritz Alphonse Jean, a member of Haiti’s transitional presidential council, accusing him of supporting gangs and other criminal organizations in a move expected to deepen the country’s political instability.The U.S. also accused Jean of obstructing Haiti’s fight against “terrorist gangs.” Gangs control 90% of Haiti’s capital and swaths of territory in the center of the country,