{"id":1004045,"date":"2021-11-12T16:28:57","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T21:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1004045"},"modified":"2021-11-12T16:29:01","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T21:29:01","slug":"biden-admin-urges-citizens-to-leave-haiti-while-failing-to-free-16-american-hostages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-urges-citizens-to-leave-haiti-while-failing-to-free-16-american-hostages\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin Urges Citizens to Leave Haiti While Failing to Free 16 American Hostages"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-admin-urges-citizens-to-leave-haiti-while-failing-to-free-16-american-hostages%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1004045&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\"><span>The U.S. government on Thursday urged American citizens to leave Haiti, warning of the deteriorating security situation and severe fuel shortages. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A Haitian gang still, at press time, is holding hostage a group of 17 Christian missionaries and children, including 16 Americans and a Canadian citizen.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWidespread fuel shortages may limit essential services in an emergency, including access to banks, money transfers, urgent medical care, internet and telecommunications, and public and private transportation options. The U.S. Embassy is unlikely to be able to assist U.S. citizens in Haiti with departure if commercial options become unavailable,\u201d the State Department warned.<\/p>\n<p><span>A State Department official told the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/us-urges-citizens-to-leave-haiti-amid-fuel-shortages-growing-insecurity-\/6309672.html\"><span>Associated Press<\/span><\/a><span> it does not have exact figures on how many Americans are in Haiti because \u201cU.S. citizens are not required to register their travel to a foreign country.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A security alert from the U.S. Embassy in Haiti <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ht.usembassy.gov\/security-alert-u-s-embassy-port-au-prince-haiti-november-5-2021\/\"><span>advised<\/span><\/a><span> Americans to \u201cavoid all unnecessary travel and remain vigilant, as the security situation continues to be highly unpredictable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>The Embassy noted a Level 4 \u201cDo Not Travel\u201d advisory for \u201ckidnapping, crime, and civil unrest\u201d is in effect. The advisory warns \u201ckidnapping is widespread and victims regularly include U.S. citizens.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Canada on Thursday <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/americas\/canada-temporarily-withdraws-non-essential-personnel-embassy-haiti-2021-11-12\/\"><span>announced<\/span><\/a><span> it was \u201ctemporarily withdrawing non-essential Canadian employees as well as family members of Canadian embassy staff from Haiti.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The missionaries <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/17\/u-s-christian-missionaries-kidnapped-in-haiti-17-adults-and-children-taken\/\"><span>kidnapped<\/span><\/a><span> over three weeks ago remain in the hands of Haiti\u2019s \u201c400 Mawozo\u201d gang, whose self-deprecating name means \u201c400 Idiots.\u201d The kidnappers are demanding $17 million in ransom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>400 Mawozo <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/americas\/haitis-400-mawozo-rose-petty-crime-gang-major-kidnapping-ring-2021-10-21\/\"><span>began<\/span><\/a><span> as roughly a dozen idiots pulling stickups on motorcycles but has swelled to become a significant terrorist threat that controls turf near Haiti\u2019s capital of Port-au-Prince. Their territory includes numerous small houses that can be used as hideouts. Like the Islamic State or al-Qaeda, the gang releases Internet video communiques recorded by masked gunmen, only their lead spokesman favors a Spider-Man mask.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18726066\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"43\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18726066\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/haiti-gas-station-guard-AP-1.jpg\" alt width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE \u2013 An armed security guard stands at a gas station as a tanker truck brings fuel to the gas station in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Oct. 31, 2021. The U.S. government is urging U.S. citizens to leave Haiti given the country\u2019s deepening insecurity and a severe lack of fuel that has affected hospitals, schools and banks. Gas stations remained closed on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021, a day after the State Department issued its warning. (AP Photo\/Matias Delacroix, File)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The Biden administration <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/nation-world\/world\/americas\/haiti\/article255301356.html\"><span>announced<\/span><\/a><span> weeks ago that President Joe Biden was directly involved in efforts to free the hostages, with National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan claiming he \u201cpersonally\u201d updates Biden daily on the situation.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sullivan said on October 26 the administration sent \u201ca significant number of law enforcement specialists and hostage recovery specialists to work closely with the ministry, the families and the Haitian government to try to coordinate and organize a recovery.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>No progress has been made on a rescue, although on November 5, an unnamed Biden administration official told <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/americas\/us-has-seen-proof-life-some-kidnapped-missionaries-haiti-official-says-2021-11-05\/\"><span>Reuters<\/span><\/a><span> the U.S. government \u201chas seen proof that at least some members of the group of American and Canadian missionaries\u201d are still alive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Haitian officials said gangs have disrupted fuel shipments and trucking across the country, with stolen gas and goods resurfacing on gang-controlled black markets. Schools and hospitals are shutting down for lack of electricity and supplies. Food prices are spiking, and even drinking water grows scarce because there is not enough power to purify and pump it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A gang called G9, whose leader Jimmy \u201cBarbecue\u201d Cherizier is a former police officer, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/haitis-powerful-gangs-hold-country-hostage-over-fuel-11635540289?mod=article_inline\"><span>took control<\/span><\/a><span> of Haiti\u2019s largest fuel terminal three weeks ago and choked off 70 percent of the nation\u2019s gasoline supply. G9 said it will not release the stolen fuel until Prime Minister Ariel Henry pays a $50 million ransom and resigns.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. government on Thursday urged American citizens to leave Haiti, warning of the deteriorating security situation and severe fuel shortages. 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