The US operation comes amid gang violence that threatens to topple the government and has led thousands to flee their homes.
The US military says it has carried out an operation in Haiti to airlift non-essential personnel from the Caribbean country's embassy amid a state of emergency.
He also brought in additional personnel to beef up security at the complex in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital.
“This airlift of personnel in and out of the embassy is consistent with our standard practice to increase the security of embassies around the world, and there were no Haitians aboard the military aircraft,” the US military's Southern Command said in a statement. announced on Sunday.
Haiti is sinking deeper into gang violence, which threatens to topple the government and has led thousands to flee their homes.
The escalation began a week ago after Haiti's embattled Prime Minister Ariel Henry agreed to hold general elections in mid-2025 while attending a meeting of Caribbean leaders in Guyana.
Henry has faced a legitimacy crisis since taking office less than two weeks after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise in 2021.
Last week, Henry flew from Guyana to Kenya, and gangs in Haiti burned down police stations, attacked the main international airport, which remains closed, and raided the country's two largest prisons, freeing more than 4,000 inmates.
During that time, Henry was in Nairobi, seeking a deal for the long-delayed United Nations-backed mission to help address gang violence.
Kenya announced last year that it would lead the force, but months of internal legal disputes have put the mission on hold.
Henry is currently in Puerto Rico, where he was forced to land after armed groups laid siege to the airport and the neighboring Dominican Republic banned him from entering after officials closed the country's airspace to flights to and from Haiti.
Earlier this week, the leader of the powerful G9 Haitian gang alliance, Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier, warned: “If Ariel Henry does not resign, if the international community continues to support him, we will be headed straight for civil peace.” war that will lead to genocide.”
On Saturday, the US State Department said Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Kenyan President William Ruto about the Haiti crisis.
The two men stressed their commitment to a multinational security mission to restore order.
The statement from US Southern Command said Washington remained committed to those goals.
“Our embassy remains focused on promoting the U.S. government’s efforts to support the Haitian people, including mobilizing support for the Haitian National Police, accelerating the deployment of the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission authorized by the United Nations and the acceleration of a peaceful transition of power through free passage. and fair elections,” he said.
