Wednesday, March 20, 2024, helicopter flights chartered by the American Government began to evacuate American citizens from the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince in a context of increasing violence, the State Department announced, with a first flight carrying more than 15 people in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic.

A Department spokesperson estimated that more than 30 American citizens could leave Haiti each day aboard several helicopter flights.

Let's recall that Washington organized a charter flight on Sunday between the city of Cap-Haïtien and Miami, Florida https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-41909-haiti-flash-the-first-flight-of-americans-fleeing-the-chaos-in-haiti-landed-in-miami.html . "We also continue to explore the possibility of operating from Cap-Haïtien so that people can leave from there," the spokesperson said.

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-41919-haiti-flash-nearly-1-000-americans-in-haiti-request-help-from-the-state-department.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-41902-haiti-flash-the-state-department-will-evacuate-americans-in-haiti.html

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