PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A rash of kidnappings for ransom is adding to the misery in violence-torn Haiti.
An average of four people are kidnapped each day by politically aligned street gangs, drug traffickers, crooked police and criminal deportees from the United States, officials say.
They are the latest trend in relentless violence that one UN official called ‘an urban war’ to destabilize Haiti ahead of October elections to replace ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
Victims range from wealthy business owners pulled out of luxury vehicles on busy streets to working-class Haitians snatched from poor neighbourhoods. Foreigners are also targets.
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