Haiti PM lands in Puerto Rico as he tries to return home to quell gang violence

Pedestrians walk past a soldier guarding the area near the international airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti (Odelyn Joseph/AP)

Haiti’s embattled prime minister has landed in Puerto Rico as he tried to return to Haiti to quell a surge in violent gang attacks, officials said.

Officials told the Associated Press that Ariel Henry landed late in the afternoon at the Luiz Munoz Marin International Airport in the capital San Juan.