[ti:US, Haiti Seek Release of 17 Missionaries Taken by Gang]
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[00:00.04]United States officials are working with Haitian officials
[00:04.36]to try to secure the release of 12 adults and five children
[00:09.44]with a U.S.- based religious group.
[00:13.44]All were taken over the weekend by members of a criminal group
[00:18.16]known for killings and kidnappings.
[00:23.28]The 16 Americans and one Canadian
[00:27.12]are with Christian Aid Ministries.
[00:31.48]They were taken by a group called 400 Mawozo.
[00:37.36]The gang controls the Croix-des-Bouquets area
[00:41.00]east of the capital Port-au-Prince, said a police official.
[00:46.72]The kidnapping happened Saturday
[00:49.32]in the community of Ganthier, which lies in the gang's area.
[00:55.68]As officials sought the release of the 17 people,
[01:00.04]local unions and other organizations
[01:03.60]were set to launch a strike Monday
[01:06.56]to protest Haiti's worsening security situation.
[01:11.96]Haiti is again struggling with a rise in gang-related kidnappings,
[01:17.40]which had lessened in recent months.
[01:21.32]The rise in such crimes follows the murder
[01:24.88]of President Jovenel Moise on July 7 and a powerful earthquake
[01:30.28]that killed more than 2,200 people in August.
[01:36.00]"Everyone is concerned. They're kidnapping
[01:39.16]from all social classes," said Méhu Changeux.
[01:44.36]He is president of Haiti's Association of Owners and Drivers.
[01:51.44]He spoke on Haiti's Magik9 radio station.
[01:56.88]He said the worker strike would continue
[01:59.96]until the government could guarantee people's safety.
[02:05.32]The kidnapping of the missionaries
[02:07.36]came just days after high-level U.S. officials visited Haiti
[02:12.32]and promised more resources for Haiti's National Police.
[02:18.40]The U.S. State Department said Sunday
[02:21.80]that it was in communication with senior Haitian officials
[02:25.88]and would continue to work with them and other partners.
[02:30.64]"The welfare and safety of U.S. citizens abroad
[02:34.28]is one of the highest priorities of the Department of State,"
[02:38.48]the agency said in a statement.
[02:42.12]Christian Aid Ministries said the kidnapped group
[02:45.84]included seven women, five men and five children,
[02:50.36]including a 2-year-old.
[02:53.92]The organization said the group was taken while on a trip
[02:58.32]to visit an orphanage -- a home for children
[03:01.72]who do not have living parents.
[03:05.56]Christian Aid Ministries said in a statement,
[03:08.92]"As an organization, we commit this situation to God
[03:13.52]and trust him to see us through."
[03:16.88]A yearly report published last year by Christian Aid Ministries
[03:21.28]said its American workers had returned to their base in Haiti
[03:25.84]after a nine-month break "due to political unrest."
[03:31.16]It noted the difficulties that come from such unrest.
[03:36.88]Nearly a year ago, Haitian police publicly sought
[03:40.88]the supposed leader of the 400 Mawozo gang, Wilson Joseph.
[03:47.40]The police planned to charge him with murder, attempted murder,
[03:52.52]kidnapping, car stealing and the hijacking of trucks carrying goods.
[03:59.76]Joseph also goes by the name of "Lanmò Sanjou,"
[04:04.16]which means "death doesn't know which day it's coming."
[04:09.44]As kidnapping cases rise, gangs have demanded money
[04:13.68]in exchange for a person's return.
[04:17.72]The gangs have at times asked for more than $1 million.
[04:24.16]Sometimes they kill those they have kidnapped, officials report.
[04:30.36]At least 328 kidnappings were reported
[04:34.52]to Haiti's National Police in the first eight months of 2021,
[04:40.36]compared with a total of 234 for all of 2020.
[04:46.92]Those numbers come from the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti.
[04:53.72]Gangs have been accused of kidnapping schoolchildren, doctors,
[04:58.68]police officers, bus passengers and others as they grow more powerful.
[05:06.12]In April, a man who claimed to be the leader of 400 Mawozo
[05:11.60]told a radio station that the gang was responsible
[05:15.32]for kidnapping five priests, two nuns
[05:19.04]and three family members of one of the priests that month.
[05:24.84]The people were later released.
[05:28.52]The increase in kidnappings and gang-related violence
[05:32.52]has forced Haitians to avoid some gang-controlled areas.
[05:38.68]Others choose to stay home.
[05:42.44]This, in turn, means less money for people like Charles Pierre.
[05:49.24]He is a moto taxi driver in Port-au-Prince.
[05:53.28]He has several children to feed.
[05:57.36]"People are not going out in the streets," he said.
[06:01.44]"We cannot find people to transport."
[06:05.88]I'm Jonathan Evans.
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