US personnel sent to protect embassy in Haiti
By Jordan Williams - 07/13/21 03:36 PM EDT
The United States sent personnel to protect the U.S. embassy in Haiti amid turmoil following the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, three U.S. officials told Reuters.
The officials said fewer than a dozen people were deployed in the days after Moïse was killed last Wednesday. It wasn’t immediately clear how many have since returned to the U.S.
In a statement to The Hill, a State Department spokesperson said, "The safety and security of State Department personnel serving at home and abroad is our highest priority and we continually assess our security measures. With that said, for operational security reasons, we cannot discuss specifics of our security posture."
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