The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is closing its field office in Haiti despite growing concerns over drug trafficking in the country. This decision comes as Haiti, plagued by armed gangs, has become a key transit point for drugs like South American cocaine and cannabis from Jamaica.
President Joe Biden recently added Haiti to a list of 23 countries designated as "major drug transit or major illicit drug producing countries." This list includes 13 Latin American nations, such as Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela, which, the list claims, either facilitate drug trafficking or serve as sources of banned substances. It also includes Caribbean countries like Jamaica and Belize.
