Police in Haiti have arrested a former legislator long accused of arming gangs in the country's central region and previously sanctioned by the US and Canada.
According to Haiti's National Police, Prophane Victor, an ex-member of Parliament who represented the Petite Riviere community of the Artibonite region, was arrested on Sunday in the capital, Port-au-Prince.
It wasn't immediately clear if Victor had an attorney.
His arrest marks a rare win for Haitian police in a country where high-ranking politicians accused of killings and gang activity often act with impunity and move about the country freely.
Police said in a statement that a former gang leader had accused Victor several times of colluding with gang members operating in Artibonite, especially in the community of Savien.
A UN report released last year noted that Victor began arming young men in Petite Riviere to secure his 2016 election win. Those men eventually formed Gran Grif, the largest gang in Artibonite.
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