The US government deported more than 100 people to Haiti on Thursday, as such trips to the troubled Caribbean nation intensify.
The flight departed from Louisiana and landed in the city of Cap-Haitien, in northern Haiti.
“This is the third consecutive deportation flight Thursday to Haiti, marking a shift from monthly flights to weekly flights,” said the Human Rights First Foundation’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement Flight Monitor, which tracks flight data.
More than 200 people were deported to Haiti in late August on two different flights.
Nicolas Marducci, a coordinator at the Haitian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said, according to the Associated Press, that 101 deported people were on a flight on Thursday. Among them, he said, was Renan Hedoville, who formerly led Haiti's Citizen's Protection Office and is accused of corruption.
Criminal gangs control an estimated 70 percent of Haiti's capital and vast swaths of territory in the country's central region.
US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday the appointment of a new acting Secretary of the US Army, a few days after Dan Driscoll stepped down from his position, following reports of disagreements with the Pentagon leadership.
Trump said in a post on his platform, Truth Social: “I am pleased to announce that Adam Tilley, the current Assistant Secretary of the Army, will assume the position of Acting Secretary of the Army, effective immediately. “He is a great patriot who is respected by everyone.”
Tilly was sworn in to the position of Assistant Secretary in August 2025 after the US Senate approved his appointment. He spent a large portion of his career working as an aide on Capitol Hill.
Driscoll's resignation marked the latest departure of a high-ranking military commander under the Trump administration.
Driscoll, a former law school classmate of Vice President Jay D. Vance, benefited from their friendship within the administration, but clashed with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
On Thursday, the United States imposed sanctions on one of the descendants of former Cuban leader Raul Castro, and five entities linked to the state, in the latest step in Washington's campaign to tighten pressure on the communist island.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement: “Among those subject to the sanctions today are Raul Castro’s grandson, Fidel Ernesto Castro Calles, the Exterior Bank of Cuba, and four entities that exploit natural resources or energy reserves in Cuba for the benefit of the regime,” according to Agence France-Presse.
Raul Castro, 95 years old, no longer holds any official position, but he remains an influential figure on the island. Washington brought criminal charges against him this year.
In June, the United States imposed a package of sanctions targeting members of the Castro family, in addition to President Miguel Diaz-Canel and his family.
Fidel Ernesto Castro Calles is not known to play a political role in Cuba, although sanctions were previously imposed on his parents.
His father, Alejandro Castro Espin, is the only son of Raul Castro, and he played a major role in the secret negotiations between Cuba and the United States that led to the resumption of diplomatic relations between the two countries in 2015.
Cuba has been subject to a US trade embargo since 1962, but President Donald Trump has greatly escalated the pressure on it in recent months, cutting off fuel supplies, threatening to take control of the island, and repeatedly threatening to overthrow the Cuban leadership since he ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in a military operation in January.
The stifling blockade imposed on energy supplies to Cuba exacerbated its economic crisis.
Trump administration officials and businessmen have previously met with other members of the Castro family, including another grandson of Raul Castro, Raul Guillermo Rodriguez Castro.
The Exterior de Cuba Bank is one of the state-owned entities that was subject to sanctions on Thursday, and it mainly focuses on international transactions, trade financing, and corporate banking services.
Other state-linked entities affected by the sanctions are companies operating in the nickel, cobalt and energy sectors.
