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Coming Soon to A Neighbourhood Near You?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canada and the U.S. are favourite targets of Haitian “refugees”. The U.S. has been more resistant than Canada to this invasion. Canada’s rulers simply can’t replace the European founding\/settler people fast enough. Anyone from the Third World will do. Change the demography, you change the character of the nation. So, coming soon to a neighbourhood near you?]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Who is 400 Mawozo, the Haitian gang accused of kidnapping American missionaries?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Haitians take part in a protest in Port-au-Prince on Dec. 10, 2020, International Human Rights Day, amid an upsurge in kidnappings perpetrated by gangs in the country. (Valerie Baeriswyl\/AFP\/Getty Images)By Miriam Berger<\/a>October 17, 2021|Updated October 19, 2021 at 11:30 a.m. EDT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

News that an armed Haitian gang kidnapped 17 members of an Ohio-based missionary group \u2014 including five children \u2014 on Saturday has placed Haiti at the center of an international crisis<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But for Haitians rich and poor, gang violence and kidnappings for ransom have become a tragically common part of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abductions by the busload: Haitians are being held hostage by a surge in kidnappings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haiti, the Western Hemisphere\u2019s poorest country, holds the grim record of the world\u2019s highest kidnapping rate per capita. One gang \u2014 400 Mawozo \u2014 was responsiblefor 80 percent of abductions in Haiti from June through September, according to G\u00e9d\u00e9on Jean, director of the Center for Analysis and Research in Human Rights in Port-au-Prince.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haitian officials say<\/a> the group is behind Saturday\u2019s kidnapping, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Tuesday, Liszt Quitel, Haiti\u2019s justice minister, told The Washington Post that the gang is demanding a ransom of $1 million per hostage<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quitel said that it wasn\u2019t clear whether the five children, including an 8-month-old, were part of the ransom amount, and that the gang was probably expecting to negotiate. \u201cUsually they request more, then people close to the kidnapped persons will negotiate,\u201d Quitel said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe welfare and safety of U.S. citizens abroad is one of the highest priorities of the Department of State,\u201d an agency spokesperson said Sunday, confirming that 16 U.S. citizens had been kidnapped. \u201cWe have been in regular contact with senior Haitian authorities and will continue to work with them and interagency partners.\u201d (One of those kidnapped is a Canadian.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday that President Biden was receiving \u201cregular updates\u201d on the efforts of the State Department and FBI to secure the release of the hostages. Meanwhile, unions in Haiti launched a general strike Monday to protest the nation\u2019s worsening security situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s what to know about 400 Mawozo and Haiti\u2019s gang violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

American missionaries and family members kidnapped in Haiti by \u2018400 Mawozo\u2019 gang, groups say<\/a> 17 missionaries kidnapped in Haiti

What to know<\/h2>\n\n\n\n