State Department Orders Non-Emergency US Personnel to Leave Haiti Due to Worsening Security

The US State Department ordered departure of non-emergency US government personnel and families from Haiti.
The travel advisory highly warns US citizens to leave Haiti immediately by any means due to high threat of violent crime and kidnapping.
Specific neighborhoods in Port-Au-Prince have been gripped by recent armed gang violence and clashes with police.
Kidnapping is widespread in Haiti, with US citizens often targeted, and even convoys have been attacked.
Haiti continues to face humanitarian crisis, violence, and turmoil since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in July 2021.