5 Americans arrested in Haiti as violent protests continue by Cole Griffin

Haiti foreign minister Brocchit Edmond confirmed that 5 Americans on the island have been arrested. The identities of the people taken into custody hadn’t been available. The reason for the Americans being arrested has been described as possession of illegal weapons. Michel-Ange Gedeon said the peiple were taken into custody Sunday night while in suspicious cars without license plates. The US state department ordered all non emergency US personnel and their families to leave Haiti. We will wait and see what happens with the future of these citizens as time goes on.