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Suspected Haitian gang members fired on U.S. Marines protecting the embassy in Port-au-Prince; Marines returned fire with no injuries.

Gangs control the vast majority of Haiti’s capital, displacing 1.3 million people since security collapsed after President Jovenel Moise’s 2021 assassination.

The U.N. approved a 5,500-troop deployment to combat gang violence that claimed 5,600 lives last year.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti — A group of suspected Haitian gang members fired this week on American forces protecting the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, a spokesman said Saturday, in an incident that highlighted the tense security situation in the Caribbean nation.

Capt. Steven J. Keenan, a sp

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