DEVELOPING: Group of 16 American missionaries, among them 5 children, kidnapped in Haiti over the weekend are being held by one of the country's most notorious gangs, senior Haitian official says.
"The gangs run Port-au-Prince. It is in their control," former Special Envoy to Haiti Ambassadorafter he resigned in protest over President Joe Biden's deportation of Haitians seeking refuge in the U.S. on humanitarian grounds.under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas near the United States-Mexico border last month. More than 7,200 migrants had been deported to Haiti as of Oct. 7.
The U.S. coastguard says it has picked up three times as many Haitians at sea in 2021 as it did last year.what he described as rumors that his office had paid money"for the benefit of armed gangs."while attempting to lay a wreath commemorating one the country's founding fathers in an area of Port-au-Prince controlled by gangs.,"We are engaging with Haitian authorities at the senior most levels." A spokesperson added that"the welfare and safety of U.S.
Christian Aid Ministries offers a school aid program for children and Biblical training to local church leaders in Haiti's Titanyen and La Source villages,The Millersburg, Ohio-based organization is
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