Haiti - Insecurity : Mexican humanitarian aid blocked by gangs - HaitiLibre.com : Haiti news 7/7





iciHaiti - Weather : An American helicopter bound for Haiti makes an emergency landing in Monte Cristi

iciHaiti - Special D1 Championship : Complete results of the first 8th days

iciHaiti - Media : Haiti on the agenda of the meeting of the Inter-American Press Association

iciHaiti - SANIFIN Project : Strengthening capacities for fecal sludge management

iciHaiti - Humanitarian : Taiwan financially supports the «Kore Pèp» Program


more news


Haiti - News : Zapping...

Haiti - Geneva : Haiti's intervention at the Forum of Peoples of African Descent (Video)

Haiti - Justice : Haitian authorities inform the DR about dangerous escaped fugitives

Haiti - FLASH : Appointment of a special envoy to prepare the arrival of 2,000 Beninese soldiers

Haiti - FLASH : The US State Department suspends its Haitian visa services in Haiti


more news


Haiti - Insecurity : Mexican humanitarian aid blocked by gangs
10/09/2021 10:28:40

Haiti - Insecurity : Mexican humanitarian aid blocked by gangs
The 2,000 tons of humanitarian aid from the Mexican Government arrived in Haiti on Friday September 3, 2021 aboard the Frigate ARM "Papaloapan" (A-411) and the ARM "Libertador"(BAL-02) https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34671-haiti-news-zapping.html could not be unloaded due to the climate of violence and insecurity in Haiti, revealed Wednesday, September 8 the President of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador, in his conference of weekly press.

He specified that on several occasions "there were shots fired from automatic weapons" and the Mexican authorities decided for reasons of staff safety, to anchor the boats offshore and to wait for better conditions and guarantee of security to disembark Mexican humanitarian aid, which includes among other things medical equipment, including a mobile hospital, medicines and food intended for the victims of the earthquake

"[...] There are already several expeditions and we had problems unloading the food, because the gangs control part of Haiti" reported the Mexican President referring to one of the operations, the unloading of food which had to be suspended, explaining "The goods had started to be unloaded, the teams had almost finished half, when riots broke out..."

See also :
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34671-haiti-news-zapping.html
https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-34611-icihaiti-earthquake-mexico-sends-two-ships-loaded-with-1-729-tons-of-humanitarian-aid.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34559-haiti-flash-the-death-toll-rises-to-2-207-dead-and-12-268-injured.html

S/ HaitiLibre

Twitter Facebook Rss
Send news to... Daily news...




Why HaitiLibre ? | Contact us | Français
Copyright © 2010 - 2024
Haitilibre.com