Last Updated: January 19, 2026

Jimmy CHERIZIER

Nationality

Haiti

DoB

1977-03-30

Address

22 Impasse Hall, Rue Beauvais, Delmas 75, Delmas, Ouest, Haiti

Reg. ID

PP3227493, Passport; 0018439897, National ID No.

Official reason

While serving as an HNP officer, Jimmy Cherizier (Cherizier) planned and participated in the 2018 La Saline attack. Cherizier is now one of Haiti’s most influential gang leaders and leads an alliance of nine Haitian gangs known as the “G9 alliance.” Throughout 2018 and 2019, Cherizier led armed groups in coordinated, brutal attacks in Port-au-Princ...

Other Information

https://ht.usembassy.gov/treasury-sanctions-serious-human-rights-abusers-on-international-human-rights-day/

Date of listing

2020-12-10

Program information

Authority

US

Program

Executive Order 13818 - Global Magnitsky

Regime

OFAC-horizontal

Target State

Human Rights

Measures

Blocking Property, Suspending Entry

Sanctions Portfolio

https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/topic/5441

Official Information

On December 23, 2016, the President signed the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (Pub. L. 114-328, Title XII, Subtitle F) (the “Act”) into law. The Act authorized the President to impose targeted sanctions on any foreign person the President determines is, among other things, responsible for extrajudicial killings, torture, or other ...

Additional Details

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Program URL

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/06/29/2018-14060/global-magnitsky-sanctions-regulations