Categories: Estero

Haiti violence: US charter flight lands in Miami as clashes continue | BBC News


Haiti violence: US charter flight lands in Miami as clashes continue

A chartered flight organised by The US State Department for its citizens stranded in Haiti, has landed in Miami. This comes as gang violence and hunger grip the impoverished country.

Police in the capital Port-au-Prince are trying to recapture areas held by notorious gang leader Jimmy Chérizier.

The situation for ordinary Haitians remains precarious and dangerous, while many embassies and consulates are airlifting their citizens out.

On Saturday stranded Americans were told by the state department a charter flight would depart from Cap-Haitien, a port city about 120 miles (193km) from Port-au-Prince.

But the state department said only US citizens with valid US passports would be allowed to travel and the flight would only go ahead if the situation at Cap-Haitien remained stable.

Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog

For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news

#Haiti #US #BBCNews

Redazione

Comments are closed.

Recent Posts

Ponte sullo Stretto, Salvini “Creerà lavoro, sarà operazione antimafia”

ROMA (ITALPRESS) – “Io faccio il ministro delle Infrastrutture e mi concentro sulle infrastrutture: ho preferito candidare nella Lega persone…

17 minuti ago

Chico Forti lascia il carcere a Miami in attesa del rientro in Italia

ROMA (ITALPRESS) – Chico Forti non è più detenuto in carcere a Miami ma trattenuto dall’Immigration and Customs Enforcement, l’Agenzia…

17 minuti ago

Mattarella “A Gaza serve cessate il fuoco immediato”

ROMA (ITALPRESS) – “Una lettera che è stata pubblicata mi ha sollecitato a non rinchiudermi in quella che è stata…

2 ore ago