Officials say marines deployed for night-time evacuation amid intense fighting in Port-au-PrinceThe US has reportedly started airlifting embassy staff out of Haiti under the cover of darkness after dozens of heavily armed gang fighters tried to seize the political quarter of its capital, Port-au-Prince.Haiti’s gangs began an offensive to topple the government on 29 February, storming and ransacking police stations, prisons and hospitals and laying siege to strategic locations, including the port and airport. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/10/us-report-airlift-embassy-staff-haiti-gangs-fighting-port-au-prince
Author : Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent
Publish date : 2024-03-10 14:05:20
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US reportedly airlifts embassy staff out of Haiti as gangs besiege political area
