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A notorious gang with a history of major kidnappings organized the abduction of a group of U.S. missionaries and their families as they left a Haitian orphanage, Haitian police said Sunday.
The abductions on Saturday came days after a team of U.S. officials visited the impoverished nation and pledged support for its anti-gang measures.
Seventeen people, including children, were seized near the capital of Port-au-Prince, the Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries said.
A voice message from the ministry, obtained by the Associated Press, said the group’s field director was not with the group that was taken and was working with the U.S. Embassy.
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“This is a special prayer alert,” the message said. “Pray that the gang members … come to repentance.”
The missionaries were said to be on their way home when the gunmen abducted them
