Haitian high-ranking official responds to U.S. sanctions

Fritz Alphonse Jean, a member of Haiti’s transitional presidential council, on Tuesday denied supporting gangs after the U.S. imposed visa restrictions on him.

The U.S. did not name the person it sanctioned in Monday’s announcement, but Jean confirmed it was him, telling The Associated Press on Tuesday that he rejected those accusations.

Gangs control 90% Haiti’s capital and swaths of territory in the center of the country, where they…