kidnappings

Ecuador reports more than 2,500 kidnappings this year

Published on: October 22, 2024
12:24

Quito, Oct 22 (Prensa Latina) Ecuador reported an estimated 2,514 kidnappings between January and October 2024, most of them in the coastal city of Guayaquil, local press informed on Tuesday.

Nigeria reports more than 2,500 deaths due to violence

Published on: April 22, 2024
12:38

Abuja, Apr 22 (Prensa Latina) A total of 2,583 Nigerians were killed and 2,164 were kidnapped in the first quarter of this year as a consequence of the violence unleashed in this African country, a consulting firm announced on Monday.

Nigeria: New kidnappings by alleged radical group

Published on: March 6, 2024
13:43

Abuja, Mar 6 (Prensa Latina) Alleged members of the Nigerian extremist group Boko Haram kidnapped more than 100 women and attacked residents in 25 buildings in the northern Nigerian state of Borno, the Daily Trust newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Kidnappings make headlines again in Haiti

Published on: January 23, 2024
14:09

Port-au-Prince, Jan 23 (Prensa Latina) Kidnappings make headlines again in Haiti, where a wave of incidents adds to the fears of the population who suffer the rigors of the economic, political, and social crisis.

Haitian criminals release kidnapped doctor

Published on: August 7, 2023
07:17

Port-au-Prince, Aug 7 (Prensa Latina) Doctor Reynold Grand-Pierre was released from captivity two days after his kidnapping in the Tabarre area, which has been the scene of attacks by armed gangs for several days.

600 murders, 271 kidnappings in Haiti gang violence

Published on: July 26, 2023
08:34

Port-au-Prince, Jul 26 (Prensa Latina) The Défenseurs Plus Collective on Wednesday reported 600 murders and 271 kidnappings from January to June due to the country´s present wave of violence.

Haitian National Port Authority director kidnapped

Published on: June 19, 2023
14:22

Port-au-Prince, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) Armed individuals reportedly kidnapped in the commune of Tabarre of this capital the departmental director of the National Port Authority of Haiti.

Some 30 doctors have been kidnapped in Haiti since January 2022

Published on: March 8, 2023
08:29

Port-au-Prince, Mar 8 (Prensa Latina) At least 30 doctors have been kidnapped from January 2022 to date, the Haitian Medical Association denounced, and called for concrete actions from the authorities to stop the phenomenon.

Israeli ministry admits involvement in kidnapping Yemeni children

Published on: December 9, 2021
08:22

Tel Aviv, Dec 9 (Prensa Latina) The Israeli Ministry of Health admitted its participation in the kidnapping of hundreds of Yemeni Jewish children handed over to other families in the 1950s, the Haaretz newspaper revealed.

Party leader says Haitian Prime Minister must resign over insecurity

Published on: October 14, 2021
14:23

Port-au-Prince, Oct 14 (Prensa Latina) The leader of the Pitit Dessalines party, Moïse Jean Charles, on Thursday said that Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry must resign if he cannot restore security. Jean Charles stressed that the prime minister will have to form a new Electoral Council and improve the living conditions of the hundreds of thousands of victims of the August 14 earthquake, or he will have to resign, he told Magiko.

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