The United States issues level 4 'do not travel' advisory for Haiti again

The U.S. State Department issued an updated warning advising Americans not to travel to Haiti.

In an April 16 travel advisory, the U.S. State Department warned that violent crime is still rampant in Haiti, particularly in its capital city of Port-au-Prince.

The expansion of gang, organized crime and terrorist activity has led to widespread violence," the advisory noted, citing firearm-related crimes, carjackings, robberies, sexual assaults, kidnappings and ransom demands.

"Ransom demands are typically in the high tens of thousands to high hundreds of thousands of dollars," the release said.