Three other members of the group of 17 missionaries and their relatives from the United States and Canada who were abducted in mid-October near the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince were released, the American ecclesiastical organization to which they belong announced on Monday.
“We thank God that three other hostages were released last night (Sunday) the night before,” the group, Christian Aid Ministries, said in a press release posted on its website.
“Those who have been released are safe and sound and seem to have good morals,” added the group, which did not want to go into details.
“As in the previous release, we are not in a position to disclose the names of those released, the conditions of their release or any other details,” he said.
State Department spokesman Ned Price confirmed the release of the three hostages, adding that US authorities were continuing to work to ensure that the others were released “as soon as possible.”
Sixteen Americans and a Canadian were abducted on October 16 after visiting an orphanage in the heart of an area controlled by one of Haiti’s most powerful gangs.
Two of them were released in November (24962087).
The Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries said after the abduction that the group consisted of 12 adults, aged between 18 and 48, and five children, aged 8 months, 3, 6, 13 and 15 years.
Members of the “400 mawozo” gang, which took the 17 hostages, demanded a million dollars ransom for each, according to information from the French Agency.
The US government places Haiti on the list of countries where it instructs Americans not to travel, mainly due to the escalation of kidnappings, with “often American citizens being victims.”
Heavily armed gangs carried out more than 800 kidnappings for ransom in the Caribbean country from early 2021 to mid-November, according to the Center for Human Rights Analysis and Studies (CARDH). .
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