The departure of American embassy staff in Haiti by air and in the dark of the night

, reports indicate that the United States has evacuated its embassy staff in Port-au-Prince, the capital city of Haiti, due to the dire security situation in the dark of the night and by air.

This decision was taken when dozens of armed members of a criminal gang in this country surrounded the embassy and tried to seize it.

Criminal and rebel groups in Haiti have started their offensive since February 29 to overthrow the current government of this country and have looted many police stations, prisons and hospitals. and intend to capture strategic places such as ports and airports.

According to this report, the intensity of these rebels’ attacks will be higher at the end of Friday. Dozens of criminals gathered in one of the important and key areas of the city of Port-au-Prince, which is the seat of government ministries, embassies, consulates, banks, hotels, the Supreme Court and the presidential office, to attack these sensitive places.

The reports indicate that these criminals destroyed the headquarters of the Ministry of Interior, which was built after the terrible earthquake of 2010. They set fire to the presidential palace before being pushed back by the army.

A Haitian newspaper wrote in a report: Criminal gangs In this country, they have started a systematic operation to drive the police out of the strategic heart of Port-au-Prince. The south of the city has fallen and there is no doubt about it.

According to this report, it seems that the police have taken control of the area to some extent, but Foreign governments have asked their citizens to leave Haiti as soon as possible.

Yesterday, the Miami Herald reported that the US Navy They entered the city of Port-au-Prince to help secure the embassy of this country and evacuate the unnecessary staff of the embassy. American defense officials told this newspaper that the evacuation operation of the employees was carried out by air and by helicopter at the request of the US State Department.

Meanwhile, the spokesperson of the German Foreign Ministry stated that due to the very serious security situation in Haiti, the German embassy and the country’s temporary representative in Port-au-Prince, along with some representatives of other European countries, left this country for the Dominican Republic.

Security conditions in Haiti have deteriorated since Ariel Henry came to power in 2021, and since then, criminal gangs that make their money through Kidnapping, drug trafficking and extortion, they have taken control of more than 80% of Puroprance city.

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