Americans were scrambling through gang-controlled territory to reach a landing strip outside the US embassy on Wednesday as gunmen battled for control of the Haitian capital.Around 1,000 US citizens are thought to be trapped in the Caribbean country which has descended into near-anarchy since Prime Minister Ariel Henry was forced from office last week.Gun battles broke out in the embassy district of Petion-Ville as 15 Americans were evacuated by helicopter from the capital Port-au-Prince, and another 14 left for Orlando from the north of the country on a flight organized by governor Ron .
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