The gang that kidnapped 17 people with a U.S Christian aid group in Haiti on Saturday is demanding a ransom of $1 million for each person, the country s justice minister, Liszt Quitel, said on Tuesday.
A group of missionaries with an Ohio-based Amish organization are likely being held for ransom, according to Haiti experts. They are believed to be held by a gang named 400 Mawozo.
Officials blamed a Haitian gang for the kidnapping of 17 missionaries from the United States and Canada, some of them children, at a Haiti airport on Saturday.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Monday confirmed that a team of FBI agents are on the ground in Haiti to find a group of missionaries who were kidnapped on Saturday.