PUERTO PRINCE/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Sixteen Americans and one Canadian are among Christian Aid Ministries missionaries abducted Saturday in Haiti, according to an organization statement released Sunday.
The group of five men, seven women and five children were kidnapped during a trip to visit an orphanage in Haiti on Saturday, the statement said.
The group of missionaries was traveling to Titanyen after visiting an orphanage in the Croix des Bouquets area, CNN said. The New York Times, citing local officials, said the missionaries were taken when they were on a bus going to the airport to drop off some members of the group before heading to another location in Haiti.
An increase in gang violence in Haiti has affected thousands of people and undermined economic activity in the poorest country in the Americas. Violence escalated after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise in July and an earthquake in August that killed more than 2,000 people.
(By Gessika Thomas)
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