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Haiti kidnapping: 3 more hostages freed, 12 remain abducted, organization says

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - A religious group based in Ohio announced Monday that a violent gang in Haiti has released three more hostages, while another 12 remain abducted.The statement from Christian Aid Ministries said the people were released on Sunday in Haiti and are "safe and seem to be in good spirits." The group provided no further details.On Nov. 21, the religious organization announced that the 400 Mawozo gang had released the first two hostages of a group of 17 kidnapped in mid-October.

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Haiti rocked by 4.9 magnitude earthquake leaving at least 4 dead, dozens injured

The town of Jeremie in Haiti's southwest region was struck by a moderate earthquake on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. At least two people were killed, authorities confirmed.

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Haiti kidnapping: 2 missionaries freed weeks after abduction, organization says

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Two of 17 abducted members of a missionary group have been freed in Haiti and are safe, "in good spirits and being cared for," their Ohio-based church organization announced Sunday.Christian Aid Ministries issued a statement saying it could not give the names of those released, why they were freed or other information."While we rejoice at this release, our hearts are with the 15 people who are still being held," the group said.RELATED: Bay Area humanitarian groups warn of dangers in Haiti after kidnappingsThe missionaries were kidnapped by the 400 Mawozo gang on Oct. 16.

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Haiti kidnapping: Negotiations drag on over 17 abducted missionaries

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Negotiations stretched into a fourth day seeking the return of 17 members of a U.S.-based missionary group kidnapped over the weekend by a violent gang that is demanding a $1 million ransom per person.The group includes five children whose ages range from 8 months to 15 years, although authorities were not clear whether the ransom amount included them, a top Haitian official said Tuesday. Sixteen of the abductees are Americans and one Canadian.The abduction is one of at least 119 kidnappings recorded in Haiti for the first half of October, according to the Center of Analysis and Research of Human Rights, a local nonprofit group.

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Haiti kidnapping: Gang reportedly seeks $17M ransom for US missionaries

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - A gang that kidnapped 17 members of a U.S.-based missionary group has demanded a $17 million ransom for them, according to Haiti's justice minister, as quoted by the Wall Street Journal.Justice Minister Liszt Quitel said the gang was demanding $1 million per person. Quitel did not immediately return messages for comment, but he also confirmed the figure to the New York Times.

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Haiti kidnapping: US seeks release of 17 missionaries abducted by gang

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - 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 group was snatched by the 400 Mawozo gang, which controls the Croix-des-Bouquets area east of the capital of Port-au-Prince, police inspector Frantz Champagne told The Associated Press on Sunday.

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17 American missionaries kidnapped by gang in Haiti, religious group says

A sector of the Jalousie neighborhood, Petion Ville commune of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince is seen on March 14, 2016. (Photo credit: HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images) SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A group of 17 U.S.

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Haitian prosecutor looks to charge prime minister in president's assassination

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Haiti's chief prosecutor asked a judge Tuesday to charge Prime Minister Ariel Henry in the slaying of the president and to bar him from leaving the country, a move that could further destabilize a country roiled by turmoil following the assassination and a recent major earthquake.The order filed by Port-au-Prince prosecutor Bed-Ford Claude came on the same day that he requested that Henry meet with him and explain why a key suspect in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse called him twice just hours after the killing."There are enough compromising elements ...

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Haiti earthquake kills more than 200, civil protection agency says

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - At least 227 people were killed and hundreds were injured and missing after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday, and Prime Minister Ariel Henry said he was rushing aid to areas where towns were destroyed and hospitals overwhelmed with incoming patients.The epicenter of the quake was about 125 kilometers (78 miles) west of the capital of Port-au-Prince, the U.S. Geological Survey said, and widespread damage was reported.Haiti's civil protection agency said that the death toll stood at 227 and that search teams would be sent to the area.

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At least 29 killed in 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - At least 29 people were killed when a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday, just days before a tropical storm is expected to make landfall, and Prime Minister Ariel Henry said he was mobilizing all available government resources to help victims in the affected areas.The epicenter of the quake was about 125 kilometers (78 miles) west of the capital of Port-au-Prince, the U.S.

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7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes off Haitian coast

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Haiti on Saturday, with the epicenter 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) northeast of Saint-Louis du Sud, the U.S. Geological Survey said.People in the capital of Port-au-Prince felt the tremor and many rushed into the streets in fear, although there did not appear to be damage there.Naomi Verneus, a 34-year-old resident of Port-au-Prince, said she was jolted awake by the earthquake and that her bed was shaking."I woke up and didn’t have time to put my shoes on.

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Haiti sees rise in faith, gang violence after president assassinated

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - As many Haitians come to mourn the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, the country is seeing a rise in violence amid efforts to stabilize the political turmoil.Hundreds of Haitians sought solace in prayer at Sunday church services as a political power struggle threatened to further destabilize their fragile country after the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.Roman Catholic and Protestant church leaders asked for calm and told people to remain strong as anxiety about the future grew, with authorities providing no answers or theories about who masterminded the killing by a group of gunmen last week at the president's home.

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Haiti requests US to send troops: 'We need help'

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Haiti’s interim government said it asked the U.S. to deploy troops to protect key infrastructure as it tries to stabilize the country and prepare the way for elections in the aftermath of President Jovenel Moïse’s assassination."We definitely need assistance and we’ve asked our international partners for help," Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph told The Associated Press in a phone interview late Friday.

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Haiti president assassination: US sending FBI, DHS officials

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The White House announced Wednesday that the United States will be sending senior FBI and homeland security officials to Haiti in the aftermath of the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, said the move comes after Haiti requested for security and investigative assistance."Strengthening Haiti's law enforcement capacity is a key U.S.

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Haiti president assassination: 2 US men, ex-Colombia soldiers among 17 detained

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Seventeen suspects have been detained so far in the stunning assassination of Haiti's president, and Haitian authorities say two are believed to hold dual U.S.-Haitian citizenship and Colombia's government says at least six are former members of its army.Léon Charles, chief of Haiti's National Police, said Thursday night that 15 of the detainees were from Colombia.The police chief said eight more suspects were being sought and three others had been killed by police.

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Haiti president assassination: 2 Haitian Americans among 6 arrested

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Two men believed to be Haitian Americans — one of them purportedly a former bodyguard at the Canadian Embassy in Port au Prince — have been arrested in connection with the assassination of Haiti’s president, a senior Haitian official said Thursday.Mathias Pierre, Haiti’s minister of elections, told The Associated Press that James Solages was among six people arrested in the 36 hours since the brazen killing of President Jovenel Moise by gunmen at his home overnight on Wednesday.Four other suspected assailants were killed and two are still missing, Pierre said.Pierre would not provide additional details about Solages’ background, nor would he provide the name of the second Haitian-American he said was arrested.Solages

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Haiti president assassination: US citizen among 6 arrested

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Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated at home, official says

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated after a group of unidentified people attacked his private residence, the country’s interim prime minister said in a statement Wednesday.First Lady Martine Moïse is hospitalized following the attack late Tuesday, interim Premier Claude Joseph said.Joseph condemned what he called a "hateful, inhumane and barbaric act," adding that Haiti’s National Police and other authorities had the situation in the Caribbean country under control.The nation of more than 11 million people had grown increasingly unstable and disgruntled under Moïse's rule.

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Tropical Storm Elsa leaves 3 dead in Caribbean

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Tropical Storm Elsa battered the southern coasts of Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Saturday, downing trees and blowing off roofs as it sped through the Caribbean, killing at least three people.The storm was centered about 140 miles (225 kilometers) east of Kingston, Jamaica, and was speeding west-northwest at 23 mph (37 kph).

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This physician has battled epidemics, quakes, and poverty in Haiti. Now, she's taking on COVID-19

Robert BazellScience's COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation.Marie Marcelle Deschamps remembers the first patient with COVID-19 to visit a clinic she runs in Portau-Prince, Haiti. It was late March.

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