Security Alert: U.S. Embassy Port-au-Prince, Haiti (June 7, 2019)
Location: Champ-de-Mars area.
Events: Reports of Haiti State University ethnology students are demonstrating.
Location: Route de Kenscoff at Pelerin 9.
Events: Reports that a group of individuals is burning tires and putting rocks in the road.
Location: Avenue Martin Luther King (Nazon) near the old ComCel building.
Events: Reports of burning barricades.
Location: Near the Musee du Pantheon National Haitien (MUPANAH).
Events: Report of a drive by shooting by an individual on a motorcycle.
Actions to take:
- Avoid the area;
- Avoid demonstrations and any large gatherings of people;
- Do not attempt to drive through roadblocks; and
- If you encounter a roadblock, turn around and get to a safe area.
Assistance:
- U.S. Embassy Port-au-Prince, Haiti
- Tabarre 41, Route de Tabarre
- Emergencies: +509-2229-8000
- Non-emergency inquiries: acspap@state.gov
- Website: https://ht.usembassy.gov/
- Contact the State Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs
- 1-888-407-4747 toll-free from the United States and Canada
- 1-202-501-4444from other countries
- Haiti Country Information
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