{"id":1331,"date":"2025-11-17T04:33:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T09:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/?p=1331"},"modified":"2025-11-17T04:36:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T09:36:26","slug":"us-marines-exchanged-gunfire-with-suspected-gang-members-in-haiti-official-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/17\/us-marines-exchanged-gunfire-with-suspected-gang-members-in-haiti-official-says\/","title":{"rendered":"US Marines exchanged gunfire with suspected gang members in Haiti, official says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1333\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1333\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/us-marines-exchanged-gunfire-suspected-gang-members-haiti-official-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1333 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/news-haiti-protesters-gang-violence-800-400-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/news-haiti-protesters-gang-violence-800-400-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/news-haiti-protesters-gang-violence-800-400-2-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/news-haiti-protesters-gang-violence-800-400-2-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1333\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">US Marines exchanged gunfire with suspected gang members in Haiti, official says<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Marines protecting the U.S. Embassy in Haiti exchanged gunfire with suspected gang members in Port-au-Prince on the evening of Nov. 13.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">U.S. Marines protecting the American embassy in Haiti exchanged gunfire with suspected gang members last week, a Marine spokesman said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Capt. Steven J. Keenan told Fox News Digital in an emailed statement Sunday that Marines supporting embassy security operations were fired upon by suspected gang members in the capital of Port-au-Prince and returned fire on the evening of Nov. 13.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">&#8220;U.S. Marines are committed to the safety and security of U.S. embassies worldwide and respond to all threats with professionalism and swift, disciplined action,&#8221; Keenan said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Source: <em><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/us-marines-exchanged-gunfire-suspected-gang-members-haiti-official-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">US Marines exchanged gunfire with suspected gang members in Haiti, official says<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marines protecting the U.S. Embassy in Haiti exchanged gunfire with suspected gang members in Port-au-Prince on the evening of Nov. 13. U.S. Marines protecting the American embassy in Haiti exchanged gunfire with suspected gang members last week, a Marine spokesman said. Capt. Steven J. Keenan told Fox News Digital in an emailed statement Sunday that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1334,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[50],"class_list":["post-1331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-opinion","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1331"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1336,"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331\/revisions\/1336"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}