“Officials, including the FBI, are working alongside our diplomats from the US Embassy in Port-au-Prince,” White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said at a briefing.
Earlier it was reported that a group of Americans was kidnapped in Haiti by an armed gang that has been operating in the country for several months.
According to AFP, a group of 15-17 people were kidnapped by an armed gang that has been engaged in thefts and kidnappings for several months in the area between Port-au-Prince and the border with the Dominican Republic.