Food aid arrives in Haiti after police recover hijacked cargo ship [Video]

Gangs in Haiti continue to pose an immense threat to international aid workers and Haitians, though food assistance and humanitarian support continues to pour into the devastated nation.

The United Nations on Monday said some 500,000 hot meals had been served to more than 76,000 internally displaced people since early March, and 4 million liters of drinking water had been distributed to more than 60,000 people.

There have been efforts to supply aid to internally displaced people in Port-au-Prince and areas outside the capital. But gangs are countering these measures as seen in a five-hour shootout Saturday between Haitian police and gang members after they hijacked a cargo ship carrying 60,000 pounds of rice.

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The Haitian National Police agency said two gangs dubbed the 5 Seconds and the Taliban gang were responsible for a hijacking Thursday as the cargo ship …