Haiti kidnapping: Two missionaries released after group kidnapping

Published:Dec 7, 202310:20
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"We have learned that two of the hostages in Haiti were released. We praise God for this! Only limited information can be provided, but we are able to report that the two hostages who were released are safe, in good spirits, and being cared for," the group stated Sunday."While we rejoice at this release, our hearts are with the fifteen people who are still being held," the assertion additionally stated.
The group of 16 Americans and one Canadian had been kidnapped by the Haitian gang 400 Mawozo whereas touring by automotive northeast of capital metropolis Port-au-Prince on October 16. They embrace an toddler, a 3-year-old and a 6-year-old, in addition to two younger youngsters. All hail from Amish, Mennonite and different conservative Anabaptist communities throughout six US states and Ontario.
Authorities within the US and Haiti haven't publicly commented on whether or not any of the hostages had been released. Haitian police, the US Embassy in Haiti, the Justice Minister, the Foreign Minister and the Prime Minister's Office, and the US State Department didn't reply instantly to requests for remark.
US and Haitian authorities, in addition to the help group, have largely saved quiet about negotiations to launch the hostages. Their captors had demanded $1 million per hostage, Haitian Justice and Interior Minister Liszt Quitel beforehand advised CNN. Kidnappings for ransom in Haiti are widespread and infrequently indiscriminate, focusing on wealthy and poor, younger and previous. Rising crime has accompanied the nation's political instability, with kidnappings spiking within the months after the July assassination of President Jovenel Moise, in accordance with native human rights group CARDH. The 400 Mawozo group is especially infamous for group kidnappings. "Has a month ever been this long? We think back to the first few days when our hopes were pinned on a quick response and a timely release, and our hearts cry, 'Lord, how much longer must this continue?'" wrote the unnamed mom of one of many hostages in an earlier assertion by Christian Aid Ministries, released November 19.



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