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U.S. military airlifts embassy staff from Port-au-Prince amid Haiti’s escalating gang violence

CBS News

By Emily Mae Czachor

Updated on: March 10, 2024 / 8:26 PM EDT / CBS News

The United States military conducted an overnight operation Saturday into Sunday to evacuate American personnel by airlift from the U.S. Embassy in Haiti as violence escalates in the capital, Port-au-Prince, and across the Caribbean country, U.S. Southern Command said in a statement Sunday. Additional security was deployed as part of the operation, officials said.

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