The wave of violence that has been experienced in recent months in Haiti, which caused the suspension of flights from Port-au-Prince, has left hundreds of Cuban citizens stranded who were in the territory at the time of making this decision, which It left them without options to return to the Greater Antilles.
According to information shared on social networks, some 200 Cubans cannot return to Havana and Camagüey due to the chaos generated by the violence of organized crime, which is why they are very worried.
These citizens have requested help to escape the insecurity in Haiti, which has reached alarming levels in recent days.
Through a video shared on TikTok, one of these Cubans, who claimed to be the representative of the stranded citizens, points out that the situation is desperate.
“We couldn’t fly on our scheduled day. People who were going to Havana checked in and couldn’t get on the plane, we who are from Camagüey sent us home,” said this person in the video shared by Internet user Reidiel.
According to the complaint, none of the airline agencies have taken responsibility for the flight cancellations, which has left them stranded in the midst of insecurity.
“All flights have been cancelled, no one takes responsibility for our situation while our families are desperate, we are afraid because we have never been in a situation like this,” he adds.
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Cubans are taking refuge while various parts of the capital report constant shootings. The situation is so serious that the residents themselves have had to move to smaller towns to avoid the danger of being caught in the middle of a possible confrontation between criminal gangs.
The suspension of flights began last Thursday, when a plane bound for Cuba was about to take off from ‘Toussaint Louverture’ Airport and was hit by multiple bullets during a shootout. No passengers were injured, but the flight was canceled and other air operations at the terminal were suspended until further notice.
According to media from the Dominican Republic, a neighboring territory of Haiti, measures have been taken to prevent the passage of Haitian citizens across the border, after violence increased over the weekend.
In that sense, they indicated that one of the criminal gangs entered the largest prison in Haiti and freed thousands of inmates. The incident occurred at the Port-au-Prince National Penitentiary, which housed about 4,000 prisoners, of whom only about 100 remained.
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