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.