UN evacuation in Haiti, police assault stronghold of gang leader ‘Barbecue’
Al Jazeera
Insecurity in Haiti is rising again, forcing embassies and UN agencies to evacuate capital amid gang-fuelled violence.
The United Nations has ordered the evacuation of its staff from Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince as clashes between armed gangs, the police and civilians armed with machetes intensified in recent days.
A UN helicopter on Monday ferried evacuees – 14 at a time – from the capital to the northern city of Cap-Haitien, with some scheduled to take flights out of the country. This comes after the main international airport in Port-au-Prince was closed due to commercial flights being hit by gunfire while landing and taking off earlier this month.
The airlift also includes foreign embassies and other relief agencies, diplomatic and security sources told Al Jazeera.
A United States Air Force C-130 aircraft landed in the capital Port-au-Prince’s airport on Sunday to transport American diplomats who were ordered to leave the US embassy, the US Southern Command said.
Most foreign embassies are now effectively closed, with staffing limited to a handful of senior officials and security details.
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