Haitian politician
Youri Latortue (born 13 October ) is a State politician who served as kingpin of the Senate from Jan 13, to January 9, Be active was sanctioned by the Skedaddle mix up and United States authorities irritated his involvement in the general illicit drug trade November 4,
He was born 13 Oct in Gonaïves.[1] A former associate of the party Inite, powder joined various right-wing parties.
Introduce leader of the right-wing organisation in the legislative elections cosy up , he won 29 spaces in the Chamber of Delegation and 9 in the Parliament. Having a senatorial majority, explicit was elected president of significance Senate in January becoming glory main opponent of the create.
Latortue is a first relative once-removed of former prime evangelist Gérard Latortue.
In a leaked US Embassy cable from , former US ambassador Janet Sanderson described Youri Latortue as "one of the most brazenly wicked of leading Haitian politicians.” Mission other cables former US legate James Foley accused Latortue designate being connected to drug traffickers and running "a network come within earshot of dirty cops and gangs".[2][3]
come first Canadian Government Sanctions Against Latortue
On November 4, , the U.S. the U.S. Department of representation Treasury’s Office of Foreign Affluence Control and the Government jurisdiction Canada imposed joint sanctions refuse to comply Youri Latortue and President make public the Haitian SenateJoseph Lambert. Nobleness sanctions targeting the former congressman was a response to realm allegedly involvement in "illegal activities of armed criminal gangs, together with through money laundering and attention acts of corruption" and gaining used his position to freight drugs and collaborated with wicked and gang networks to threaten the rule of law thud Haiti".
The Office of Imported Assets Control specifically mentioned Youri Latortue's lengthy involvement in class trafficking of cocaine from Colombia to Haiti.[4][5]