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Kidnappers in Haiti Demand $17 Million to Free Missionary Group - The New York Times

Kidnappers in Haiti Demand $17 Million to Free Missionary Group - The New York Times

Kidnappers in Haiti Demand $17 Million to Free Missionary Group - The New York Times
Oct 19, 2021 1 min, 36 secs

A gang abducted 17 people associated with a Christian aid group, including five children.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The gang that kidnapped 17 people with a U.S.-based Christian aid group in Haiti on Saturday is demanding a ransom of $1 million for each person they are holding, the country’s justice minister, Liszt Quitel, said on Tuesday.

The local authorities said the people kidnapped — 16 Americans and one Canadian, including five children — were captured in a suburb of Port-au-Prince, the capital.

On a single day last week, gangs shot at a school bus, injuring at least five people, including students, while another public bus was hijacked by a gang as well.

The gang that the police believe captured the missionary group is among the country’s most dangerous and one of the first to engage in mass kidnappings.

The gang has taken kidnapping in Haiti to a new level, snatching people en masse as they ride buses or walk the streets in groups whose numbers might once have kept them safe.

The gang was blamed for kidnapping five priests and two nuns this year.

Seventeen people, including five children, associated with an American Christian aid group were kidnapped on Oct.

The once-bustling area now lacks the poor street vendors who used to line the sidewalks, some of whom were kidnapped by the gang for what little they had in their pockets or told to sell what few possessions they had at home, including radios or refrigerators, to pay off the ransom.

While older, more established gangs trafficked in kidnapping or carrying out the will of their political patrons, newer gangs like 400 Mawozo are raping women and recruiting children, forcing the youth in their neighborhood to beat up those they captured, training a newer, more violent generation of members.

The American government has a team on the ground in Haiti working with the American Embassy and the local authorities to recover the kidnapped missionaries and their children.

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