This decision, announced by the US State Department, aims to step up the fight against these entities responsible for massacres, rapes, kidnappings and other abuses in Haiti.
Inclusion on the terrorist list makes it possible to mobilize additional legal and financial resources to freeze their assets, limit their access to resources and support the actions of American law enforcement agencies and international partners. This measure has been welcomed by several Haitian political players, who see it as a lever to facilitate the repression of criminal groups operating in the Ouest (Viv Ansanm) and Artibonite (Gran Grif) regions.
