On Saturday, the United States said, ‘We are arranging a charter flight for its citizens without resources in Haiti as gang violence grips the country’.
The government of Guatemala said that the offices of its honorary consul in Haiti have been devastated amid the ongoing clashes.
‘The charter flight would evacuate those with passports from Haiti and leave from Cap-Haitien International Airport’, said the US State Department.
However, it can only board limited travel given the ongoing violence in the country. The US officials also warned that the travel from the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince to Cap-Haitien would be dangerous. Officials advised that people should only consider the flight if they can safely make it to the Cap-Haitien airport.
It is said that the airport is in the less chaotic northern city of Cap-Haitien which is around 193 kilometres away from Port-au-Prince.
The ongoing attacks have also caused the US to deploy troops in Haiti to secure the American Embassy.
Haiti has witnessed violence after gangs called for the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry.
Attacks continued across parts of Port-au-Prince without a clear plan to replace him.
On Saturday, the Guatemalan foreign ministry said that the offices of its honorary consul in Haiti were raided but did not give details about the damage and theft.
‘Only those with paperwork and documentation of the last four or five years had been previously transferred to the Guatemala Embassy for Haiti which is located in the neighbouring Dominican Republic’, said the Ministry.
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