Canada Sanctions Haitian Officials as MPs Told Gangs Are Wreaking ‘Civil War’

Canada Sanctions Haitian Officials as MPs Told Gangs Are Wreaking ‘Civil War’
Bullets and bullet fragments recovered from the bodies of patients that were shot sit atop their medical reports at a clinic run by Doctors Without Borders in the Tabarre neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Nov. 3, 2022. The Canadian Press/AP-Ramon Espinosa
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Canada is sanctioning two senior Haitian officials for their alleged support of gangs, which MPs have been told are exploiting children and wreaking havoc akin to a civil war.

“Haitians are increasingly deprived of essentials, exposed to increasing violence, and feel abandoned,” said Patrick Auguste, head of a diaspora youth association, at a House of Commons subcommittee meeting on Friday.