The US Government celebrated the release of the twelve missionaries who had been kidnapped since October by an armed gang in Haiti.
The religious congregation Christian Aid Ministries, based in Ohio (USA), celebrated this Thursday the liberation of the 12 North American missionaries who were left in the hands of an armed gang, which kidnapped them last October in Haiti.
“The remaining twelve hostages are FREE!” Christian Aid Ministries noted on its website, where it stated that its prayers for the release of the hostages have been successful.
The Haitian National Police confirmed this Thursday the release of the 12 missionaries who were still in captivity from the group of 17 people kidnapped on October 16.
The group, who had been kidnapped for two months this Thursday, He was released, said Efe the spokesman for the Haitian National Police, Gary Desrosiers.
The first to announce his release was the Human Rights Research Analysis Center (CARDH), an NGO specializing in kidnappings.
On November 21, two members of the group were released and on December 5, another three people, although their identities were not disclosed for security reasons.
Haiti: what is known about 400 Mawozo, the gang suspected of kidnapping 17 people from a group of American missionaries
The kidnapped group consisted of 17 people, 16 of American nationality and a Canadian, including the missionaries and 5 children, their relatives.
The missionaries were kidnapped by the 400 Mawozo gang in the Croix-des-Bouquets area, a slum on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, when they were riding a bus home after visiting an orphanage in the Ganthier area, near the Haitian capital.
The captors demanded a ransom of 17 million dollars, one for each of the kidnapped.
In addition, according to CARDH, they had demanded the release of one of their leaders, who is serving a sentence in the National Penitentiary.
CARDH has counted 949 kidnappings so far this year, including 55 foreigners from five countries. (I)
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