Michigan vigil prays for missionaries kidnapped in Haiti
3 years, 2 months ago

Michigan vigil prays for missionaries kidnapped in Haiti

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy More than 100 people gathered Sunday in a small Michigan town to pray for the safe release of a local family among 17 members of a missionary group kidnapped by a gang in Haiti more than a week ago. Among those kidnapped were four children and one of their parents from a family in Hart, a town near Lake Michigan about 200 miles northwest of Detroit, their pastor told The Detroit News. “That that love will shine through so much, that they are just afraid to touch them in any way.” A spokesman for Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries has said the families of those kidnapped are from Amish, Mennonite and other conservative Anabaptist communities in Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Oregon and Ontario, Canada.

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Kidnappers in Haiti release US nurse and her young daughter nearly 2 weeks after their abduction
1 year, 5 months ago

Kidnappers in Haiti release US nurse and her young daughter nearly 2 weeks after their abduction

Associated Press  

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Kidnappers in Haiti released a U.S. nurse and her daughter Wednesday, nearly two weeks after they were snatched at gunpoint from the campus of a Christian-run school near Port-au-Prince, underscoring the severe security risks for visitors to a capital city largely controlled by gangs. In the days following the kidnapping, El Roi Haiti, the Christian group founded …

US aid group details ‘miraculous’ missionary escape in Haiti
3 years ago

US aid group details ‘miraculous’ missionary escape in Haiti

Al Jazeera  

Twelve hostages kidnapped by Haitian gang walked to freedom last week on moonlit terrain, Christian Aid Ministries says. The Christian missionaries who were abducted in Haiti walked to freedom through rough, moonlit terrain last week, following the “sheer guidance of the stars”, the US-based group that sent them to the Carribean nation has said. They were finally free,” Weston Showalter, …

All from US missionary group freed in Haiti, police say
3 years ago

All from US missionary group freed in Haiti, police say

Associated Press  

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The remaining members of a U.S. missionary group who were kidnapped two months ago in Haiti have been freed, Haitian police and the church group said Thursday. “All 17 of our loved ones are now safe.” A convoy of at least a dozen vehicles, including U.S. Embassy SUVs and Haitian National Police, brought the missionaries to the …

Two of 17 missionaries kidnapped in Haiti released
3 years, 1 month ago

Two of 17 missionaries kidnapped in Haiti released

Al Jazeera  

US-based church group welcomes release of its members, but says ‘our hearts are with the 15 people who are still being held’. Two of the 17 Christian missionaries kidnapped in Haiti last month have been released, according to the group’s United States-based church organisation. In a statement on Sunday, the Christian Aid Ministries said, “We have learned that two of …

Efforts drag on to free 17 missionaries kidnapped in Haiti
3 years, 2 months ago

Efforts drag on to free 17 missionaries kidnapped in Haiti

Associated Press  

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Efforts to win the return of 17 members of a U.S.-based missionary group and a local driver stretched into a fourth day Wednesday, with a violent gang demanding $1 million ransom per person. The group seized includes five children aged from 8 months to 15 years, although authorities were not clear whether the ransom demand included them, …

Haiti gang seeks $1 million each for kidnapped U.S. missionaries
3 years, 2 months ago

Haiti gang seeks $1 million each for kidnapped U.S. missionaries

The Hindu  

A gang that kidnapped 17 members of a U.S.-based missionary group is demanding $1 million ransom per person, although authorities are not clear whether that includes the five children being held, a top Haitian official told The Associated Press on October 19. “We are calling on authorities to take action,” said Jean-Louis Abaki, a moto taxi driver who joined the …

U.S., Haiti seek release of 17 missionaries snatched by gang
3 years, 2 months ago

U.S., Haiti seek release of 17 missionaries snatched by gang

The Hindu  

U.S. officials are working with Haitian authorities to try to secure the release of 12 adults and five children with a U.S.-based missionary group who were abducted over the weekend by a gang notorious for killings, kidnappings and extortion. The kidnapping of the missionaries came just days after high-level U.S. officials visited Haiti and promised more resources for Haiti’s National …

Haitians strike to protest insecurity, US seeks hostages release
3 years, 2 months ago

Haitians strike to protest insecurity, US seeks hostages release

Al Jazeera  

FBI, State Dept diplomatic teams are working to locate and free a group of 17 Christian missionaries abducted by a gang in Haiti. The streets of Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince were quiet on Monday as Haitians engaged in a general strike to protest worsening insecurity and gang violence after the abduction of a group of Christian missionaries. “The president has been …

17 missionaries kidnapped in Haiti: US religious group
3 years, 2 months ago

17 missionaries kidnapped in Haiti: US religious group

India TV News  

A group of 17 U.S. missionaries including children were kidnapped by a gang in Haiti on Saturday, according to a voice message sent to various religious missions by an organization with direct knowledge of the incident. “Pray that the gang members would come to repentance.” The message states that the mission’s field director is working with the U.S. Embassy, and …

17 US missionaries, including children, kidnapped in Haiti
3 years, 2 months ago

17 US missionaries, including children, kidnapped in Haiti

Al Jazeera  

Group was leaving an orphanage in Port-au-prince when they were abducted, say media reports. A group of 17 American Christian missionaries and their families, including children, have been kidnapped by gang members in Haiti’s capital, according to media reports. The Agence France-Presse news agency, also citing a security source, said the group is being held by an armed gang that …

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