SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Immigration agents in the United States arrested Haitian businessman Dimitri Vorbe because of his alleged ties to violent gangs in his troubled Caribbean country, the U.S. State Department said Wednesday.

Vorbe was arrested Tuesday and placed in the custody of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the Miami area.

Officials determined that Vorbe “engaged in a campaign of violence and gang support that contributed to Haiti’s destabilization,” the U.S. Embassy in Haiti said in a social media post, adding that his activities in the U.S. could harm Washington’s foreign policy.

The post included a video with a mugshot of Vorbe and the word “detained” in red capital letters emblazoned over his face. It also showed him standing facing a camera flanked by t

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