{"id":2198784,"date":"2024-03-13T19:44:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T23:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elite-marine-team-deployed-to-protect-u-s-embassy-in-haiti-as-country-descends-into-chaos\/"},"modified":"2024-03-13T19:48:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T23:48:51","slug":"elite-marine-team-deployed-to-protect-u-s-embassy-in-haiti-as-country-descends-into-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elite-marine-team-deployed-to-protect-u-s-embassy-in-haiti-as-country-descends-into-chaos\/","title":{"rendered":"Elite Marines Dispatched to Guard U.S. Embassy in Turbulent Haiti"},"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\">20<\/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%2Felite-marine-team-deployed-to-protect-u-s-embassy-in-haiti-as-country-descends-into-chaos%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=2198784&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--><h2>U.S. \u2062Marines Bolster Embassy Security Amid Haiti&#8217;s Unrest<\/h2>\n<p>Amid a severe \u200cescalation in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-wave-of-portland-police-quit-amid-massive-spike-in-shootings-and-stabbings-fire-dept-responding-to-10-homeless-tent-fires-a-day\/\" title=\"Another Wave Of Portland Police Quit Amid Massive Spike In Shootings And Stabbings; Fire Dept. Responding To 10+ Homeless Tent Fires A Day\">gang violence<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-reasons-immigrants-are-surging-to-the-us-mexico-border\/\" title=\"Three factors driving the surge of immigrants to the US-Mexico border.\">political \u200dinstability<\/a>,\u200b an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/education-insanity-top-10-stories-of-the-week-vol-1\/\" title=\"Education Insanity: Top 10 Stories Of The Week (Vol. 1)\">elite unit<\/a> of U.S. Marines has been urgently deployed to safeguard\u2064 the \u200cU.S. embassy in Haiti.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team (F.A.S.T.),\u200b known for their\u2064 swift and robust response, has hit the ground as chaos \u2063engulfs Port-au-Prince and the\u2062 notorious gang leader Jimmy \u201cBarbecue\u201d \u200cCherizier incites a \u201cbloody revolution.\u201d With approximately 80% of Haiti\u2019s capital\u200b under the control of gangs, the situation exacerbates each day, \u2062making the F.A.S.T. deployment a\u200c critical action to \u200censure\u200d the safety\u200c of U.S. interests and\u200d personnel.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>  \u201cAt the request of the Department \u2064of State, the U.S. Southern Command deployed a U.S. Marine Fleet-Anti-terrorism Security Team (FAST) to maintain strong security\u2063 capabilities at the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and conduct relief in place for our current Marines, a common and routine practice worldwide. The U.S. Embassy remains open, and limited operations continue, focused on assistance to U.S. citizens and supporting Haitian led efforts to secure a \u200bpeaceful transition of power,\u201d stated the U.S. Southern Command.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In light\u200d of the explosive situation, \u200bthe U.S. has evacuated non-essential\u2063 embassy staff as criminal activity spills unchecked onto the streets, exacerbated by a daring \u2062jailbreak and direct assaults on \u200bstrategic locations such as\u200c the airport.<\/p>\n<h3>Political Vacuum and Evacuation Efforts<\/h3>\n<p>The resignation of Haitian Prime Minister Ariel \u2063Henry has thrown the governance of the nation into \u2064disarray,\u2063 with his departure triggered by the inability\u2062 to safely navigate the violence-ridden avenues of the\u2064 country.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Evacuation:<\/strong> Following a lifesaving mission led by Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL), ten Americans, who \u200bwere serving at a \u200clocal orphanage, have been successfully evacuated amidst the turmoil.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Criticism:<\/strong> Mills has openly\u2063 criticized what he perceives\u2062 as an overarching \u201cpattern of abandonment\u201d by \u200bthe \u2064Biden administration, \u200dreferring to the plight of U.S. citizens left to fend for themselves in perilous situations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>History of Rescues:<\/strong> Mills highlighted previous instances \u200bwhere he took charge of evacuations, including during the Afghanistan withdrawal of 2021 \u2064and the aftermath of the Hamas terrorist attack in late\u2062 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>For the latest updates and in-depth \u2062analysis,\u200b get the DailyWire+ app.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>As Rep. Mills emphasizes, the\u200b recurrent lack of sufficient State Department intervention has \u200bled\u2064 to a dire need for individual initiative and intervention in securing the safety of Americans abroad.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 violence in Haiti has reached a distressing peak, with a reported 1,200 casualties. The urgent deployment of the Marines is a testament to the gravity of the circumstances and the U.S. \u200dcommitment to stabilizing the region and protecting its citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marines sent to secure U.S. Embassy in Haiti amid escalating gang violence and political turmoil following the prime minister&#8217;s resignation. The rapid-response F.A.S.T. unit deployed as lawlessness surges, including actions by gang leader Jimmy \u201cBarbecue\u201d Cherizier<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":2198785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-2071893753-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2198784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-2071893753-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2198784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2198784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2198784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2198785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2198784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2198784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2198784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}