A federal grand jury has indicted one of Haiti’s most powerful gang leaders and a U.S. citizen for conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions and fund gang activities.

A federal grand jury has indicted Jimmy “Barbecue” Chérizier, the leader of a powerful coalition of gangs that has paralyzed and terrorized Haiti, on charges of conspiring with Haitians and members of the Haitian diaspora in the United States to evade U.

The United States announced criminal charges against Haitian gang leader and former police officer Jimmy Barbeque Cherizier and a North Carolina man on Tuesday for conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions.