The latest attacks occurred a day after gangs shot up an armored vehicle belonging to the U.S. Embassy in Haiti.
Dr. Michael Anello is the Executive Director of the Haiti Reforestation Partnership.
Prince, an armed gang opened fire on an armored van belonging to the US Embassy. As a result of the attack, a staff member of the diplomatic mission was injured, reports the Miami Herald. It is reported that the injured individual was a gardener working at the US Embassy residential complex.
Gang violence in Haiti has led to the displacement of more than 700,000 people, forcing them to flee their homes for safety. Critics fault U.S. strategy amid escalating unrest.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The young boy wore a suit and bow tie to his stepfather’s funeral on Saturday, where he demanded a handkerchief and wiped tears off his mother’s face as they buried Marckendy Natoux, one of two journalists killed by gangs in Haiti.
The first of two journalists recently killed by gangs while covering the failed reopening of Haiti’s largest public hospital has been buried.
During a confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Rubio told his fellow U.S. Senators that there is no easy answer in Haiti, where violence by armed gangs continues unabated.
The U.N. migration agency says internal displacement within Haiti has tripled over the last year and now surpasses 1 million people.
The Ministry of Interior has promised to send additional officers from GSU, ASTU, and an all-female Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team to Haiti.
The 17 Colombians accused of involvement in the plot to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in July 2021 appeared before the Court of Appeal in Port-au-Prince on Monday. The hearing was postponed due to the absence of two Haitian suspects,
Rubio’s remarks are the first high-level signal of Trump’s burgeoning policy toward one of the most pressing and intractable crises in the Western Hemisphere.