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Violence in Haiti has intensified

Published on: July 14, 2023
07:41

Port-au-Prince, Jul 13 (Prensa Latina) The National Network for the Defense of Human Rights (Rnddh) denounced that at least 75 persons were killed in Haiti from May to date and another 40 were kidnapped.

Pinochet followers were found guilty of kidnapping

Published on: June 2, 2023
14:23

Santiago de Chile, Jun 2 (Prensa Latina) Chile’s justice found guilty three agents of the extinct National Intelligence Directorate (DINA) of student Leopoldo Daniel Muñoz’s kidnapping in 1974, during the Pinochet dictatorship, the press on Friday unfolded here.

US embassy confirms rescue of two missing staffers in Nigeria

Published on: May 19, 2023
18:31

Abuja, May 19 (Prensa Latina) Nigerian authorities on Friday reported the rescue of two missing staffers involved in the attack on its convoy in Anambra have been rescued alive.

Six arrests in case of kidnapped US citizens in Mexico

Published on: March 14, 2023
14:46

Mexico City, Mar 14 (Prensa Latina) Six people in connection to the kidnapping of four citizens from the United States, two of whom were killed, are already in custody in Mexico, authorities stated on Tuesday.

Kidnapping, extortion ramp up insecurity in Ecuador

Published on: March 12, 2023
10:17

Quito, Mar 12 (Prensa Latina) Ecuador´s Anti-Kidnapping and Extortion Police Unit (UNASE) on Sunday reported both kidnapping and extortion are nowadays most-used practices by hitmen or criminal groups in Ecuador.

Haiti’s Gheskio Center closes after kidnapping of two employees

Published on: February 15, 2023
17:31

Port-au-Prince, Feb 15 (Prensa Latina) Haiti´s Gheskio Center, an institution in charge of researching and treating infectious diseases, called off activities on Wednesday until further notice in protest against kidnapping of two employees.

Haitian Baptist Church calls for release of three churchgoers

Published on: February 13, 2023
17:14

Port-au-Prince, Feb 13 (Prensa Latina) The First Baptist Church, located in Haiti´s capital, on Monday called for immediate release of three churchgoers snatched as they left the church.

Kidnapping of Cuban collaborator reported in Haiti

Published on: January 31, 2023
09:07

Havana, Jan 31 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) on Tuesday reported the kidnapping of Alejandro Aguilera Milanés, a collaborator of the Cuban medical brigade, in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti.

Ex- Haitian Minister denounces complicity among gangs and authorities

Published on: October 13, 2021
14:51

Port-au-Prince, Oct 13 (Prensa Latina) Today, former Justice Minister Lucmame Délile denounced that the passivity of the police has brought about an increase in kidnappings and insecurity, all this due to complicity between the gangs and the authorities

Kidnapped Haitian official released

Published on: May 7, 2021
13:46

Port-au-Prince, May 7 (Prensa Latina) Wilkens Dicette, a local official from the commune of Petit-Goâve, on the southern outskirts of the Haitian capital, was released after two weeks of kidnapping, the local press revealed on Friday.

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