Three other missionaries kidnapped by a gang in Haiti released in October

The Ohio-based organization Christian Aid Ministries announced on Monday the release of three missionaries from the group of 17 religious Americans and Canadians kidnapped in Haiti in mid-October by a criminal gang, which continues to hold 12 people for whom they ask a millionaire ransom.

The religious organization reported in a statement that the missionaries were released this Sunday and

although it did not specify where they are or the conditions for their release.

Members of the Haitian security forces patrol the streets of Croix-des-Bouquets on October 19, 2021.Matias Delacroix / AP

The 400 Mawozo gang kidnapped 17 missionaries on a trip to Haiti, the poorest country on the continent, in mid-October

on the outskirts of the capital, Port-au-Prince.

The group consisted of 16 US citizens and one Canadian, of whom 12 were adults and five were minors (one of them was 8 months old at the time of the abduction).

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The religious organization announced on November 21 the release of the first two missionaries.

"As with the previous release,

" stressed Christian Aid Ministries, who also did not clarify the nationality of those released.

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The leader of the 400 gang Mawozo

.

According to local authorities, he claims a million dollars per person.

The release comes amid

, which is struggling to recover from the political-social crisis caused by the assassination of its president on July 7, a 7.2-magnitude earthquake in August. and a severe fuel shortage.

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