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US Bans Flights To Haiti As Gang Violence Rages

Haitian police in Port-au-Prince exchange gunfire with alleged gang members on November 11, 2024 (Credit: AFP)

The United States on Tuesday banned all civilian flights to Haiti for a month, a day after a jetliner was shot at on approach to the capital and as a new prime minister took the reins of a nation ravaged by poverty and gang violence.

The US Federal Aviation Administration's move came after a Spirit Airlines jetliner arriving from Florida in Port-au-Prince was hit by gunfire and had to reroute to the Dominican Republic.

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