The US has notified the United Nations that it is freezing funding to the UN-backed mission in Haiti tasked with fighting gangs trying to seize full control of the country's capital.
The US has been the biggest contributor to the mission led by Kenyan police, which was launched last year and is struggling with a lack of funding and personnel.
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the halt will have an immediate impact on the mission.
The United States had committed $15 million to the trust fund that finances the multinational force.
Mr. Dujarric said with $1.7 million of that already spent, $13.3 million is now frozen.
The move comes as US President Donald Trump imposes a sweeping freeze on foreign assistance, leading to thousands of US aid agency employees and contractors being laid off and programs worldwide shut down.
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