{"id":221890,"date":"2024-08-21T08:20:53","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T12:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=221890"},"modified":"2024-08-21T08:43:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T12:43:24","slug":"us-government-imposes-sanctions-on-former-haitian-president-michel-martelly-for-drug-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/08\/21\/us-government-imposes-sanctions-on-former-haitian-president-michel-martelly-for-drug-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"US government imposes sanctions on former Haitian President Michel Martelly for drug trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Michel-Martelly-sancio\u0301n-trafico-drogas-El-Nacional-1024x682.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-221908\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Michel-Martelly-sancio\u0301n-trafico-drogas-El-Nacional-1024x682.png 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Michel-Martelly-sancio\u0301n-trafico-drogas-El-Nacional-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Michel-Martelly-sancio\u0301n-trafico-drogas-El-Nacional-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Michel-Martelly-sancio\u0301n-trafico-drogas-El-Nacional.png 1318w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The US government has announced several sanctions against former Haitian President Michel Martelly, accusing him of playing a \u201csignificant\u201d role in drug trafficking within the Caribbean nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a statement from the US Department of the Treasury, Martelly \u201cabused his influence to facilitate the trafficking of dangerous drugs, including cocaine, destined for the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement also alleges that Martelly was involved in \u201cmoney laundering of drug profits\u201d and collaborated with local drug traffickers. Additionally, he is accused of sponsoring gangs based in Haiti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sanctions call for:<br>Prohibition on any transactions in foreign exchange that are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and in which this target has any interest<br>Prohibition on any United States financial institution from making loans or providing credit to this target<br>Prohibition on any United States person from investing in or purchasing significant amounts of equity or debt instruments of this target<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more:<br><a previewlistener=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/elnacional.com.do\/eeuu-sanciona-al-expresidente-haitiano-martelly-por-facilitar-el-trafico-de-drogas\/\">El Nacional <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/n.com.do\/2024\/08\/20\/eeuu-senala-al-expresidente-martelly-con-actividades-de-drogas-e-enriquecimiento-ilicito\/\">N Digital <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/jy2542\">US Treasury <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>21 August 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US government has announced several sanctions against former Haitian President Michel Martelly, accusing him of playing a \u201csignificant\u201d role in drug trafficking within the Caribbean nation. According to a statement from the US Department of the Treasury, Martelly \u201cabused his influence to facilitate the trafficking of dangerous drugs, including cocaine, destined for the United &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/08\/21\/us-government-imposes-sanctions-on-former-haitian-president-michel-martelly-for-drug-trafficking\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[330,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221890"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221890"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":221921,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221890\/revisions\/221921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}