The United States offered a $5 million reward on Tuesday for the arrest of Haitian gang leader Jimmy "Barbeque" Cherizier for allegedly violating US sanctions.

Cherizier, 48, and another man, Bazile Richardson, have been indicted on charges of conspiring to transfer funds from the United States to fund gang activities in Haiti, the Justice Department said.

"There's a good reason that there's a $5 million reward for information leading to Cherizier's arrest," US Attorney Jeanine Pirro said at a press conference.

"He's a gang leader responsible for heinous human rights abuses, including violence against American citizens in Haiti."

Cherizier has been under US Treasury Department sanctions since 2020 and UN sanctions since 2022.

The former policeman heads an alliance of gangs in Haiti du

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