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Haitians march in Port-au-Prince last month to protest their country s growing and sometimes deadly wave of ransom kidnappings.
Last week s abduction of a Haitian-American church leader in Haiti is a reminder that the country s kidnapping crisis may be an even bigger threat for visiting expats.
On Christmas Eve, Seventh-Day Adventist Church Pastor Elie Henry of Miami and his adult daughter Irma were kidnapped in Port-au-Prince.
They were released Monday night unharmed, according to Adventist spokespersons. Haitian media said their abductors had demanded a $5 million ransom, but neither the Henry family nor the Adventists are so far disclosing whether a ransom was paid.
Thursday, December 31, 2020 by Tim Padgett (WLRN )
Photo: Kayla Gibson
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As we reported earlier this week, a Haitian-American church leader from Miami and his daughter were abducted last week in Haiti. They’ve been released. But WLRN’s Tim Padgett reports the incident reminds the Haitian diaspora they too are targets of Haiti’s ransom kidnapping wave.
On Christmas Eve, Seventh-Day Adventist Church Pastor Elie Henry and his adult daughter were kidnapped in Port-au-Prince. They were released Monday night. Haitian media said their abductors had demanded a $5 million ransom. The Henry family has not disclosed if a ransom was paid.
Adventist Pastor Elie Henry (right) and daughter Irma Henry.
The Haitian-American head of the Seventh-Day Adventists Inter-American division, and his daughter, were abducted Christmas Eve in Port-au-Prince.
Seventh-Day Adventist leaders say the Haitian-American director of their church s Inter-American division, and his daughter, were released Monday after being kidnapped in Haiti on Christmas Eve.
In a statement posted Monday night on its Inter-America website, Adventist Pastor Leonard Johnson said Pastor Elie Henry and his daughter Irma were free in Port-au-Prince and are doing well.
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