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Tampa area church youth group stuck in Haiti amid protests over gas

Tampa area church youth group stuck in Haiti amid protests over gas
Tampa area church youth group stuck in Haiti amid protests over gas
Posted at 2:29 AM, Jul 09, 2018
and last updated 2018-07-08 22:39:59-04

(WTXL) - Members of a Florida church youth group are stuck in Haiti amid violent protests over the price of gas.

Riots erupted in the island nation after the government announced a plan to raise the price of gasoline between .38 .51 cents a gallon.

The demonstrations have forced the cancellation of flights to and from Haiti/

So the group from the Tampa area can't leave.

As of now the group is safe, but they do not know when they will be able to get a flight to take the teens home.