State Department Warns US Citizens Visiting Haiti
January 2nd, 2013BY STAFF REPORT
The U.S. State Department has urged Americans visiting Haiti to be cautious, saying there has been an increase in incidents of murder, robbery and kidnappings in the Caribbean country.
The advisory seems to be more strongly worded this time than the one issued in the month of June last year, the Associated Press reports.
“U.S. citizens have been victims of violent crime, including murder and kidnapping, predominantly in the Port-au-Prince area. No one is safe from kidnapping, regardless of occupation, nationality, race, gender, or age,” says a statement posted on the department’s website.
The incidents of cholera have been reduced considerably but medical facilities in the country are too poorly equipped or understaffed to deal with the crisis, the statement noted.
In recent months, travelers arriving in Port-au-Prince on flights from the United States were attacked and robbed shortly after departing the airport. At least two US citizens were …
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