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A U.S. government team is working with the American Embassy and the authorities in Haiti to rescue a group of kidnapped Christian Aid Ministries missionaries and their children, U.S. officials said yesterday.
The brazen attack, in which 17 people were kidnapped, is the most recent example of a lack of security in Haiti.
Meanwhile, small peaceful protests erupted yesterday across the country, with groups in at least eight towns and cities demanding a government crackdown on the increasingly powerful gangs.
The audacity of the gangs and the police’s inability to contain them have rekindled discussion about the possibility of deploying police and security officers from other countries.
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However, by many estimates, about half the capital is under the command of armed criminal groups, many of which use kidnappings to raise money.
The group is believed to have been taken by the 400 Mawozo gang, a growing menace in Port-au-Prince. The gang has increased its territorial control over the past year, while the government has struggled to cope with natural disasters and the assassination of the country’s president in July. The killing remains unsolved.
