U.S. Embassy Evacuates Staff From Haiti As ‘Unpredictable And Dangerous’ Unrest Spreads
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Gang violence has plunged the nation into one of its worst periods of chaos.
The U.S. military airlifted some embassy staff from Haiti amid spreading gang violence and sent security forces to better protect the U.S. compound there, officials said on Sunday.
Haitian officials declared a state of emergency last week amid a surge in violence in the capital of Port-au-Prince, including at the airport and at state offices.
The attacks began while the country’s prime minister, Ariel Henry, was out of the country.
Last week, armed groups took over the city’s main port and cut off access to food and supplies, worsening an already dire humanitarian situation. Attacks on prisons helped set thousands of inmates free. And more than 15,000 Haitians have been forced to flee their homes amid gunfire and murder.
A top gang leader has threatened “civil war” if Henry does not step aside.
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