{"id":1,"date":"2021-04-16T00:26:35","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T00:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizon2000tci.com\/Agenor\/?p=1"},"modified":"2021-04-16T00:59:13","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T00:59:13","slug":"moise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiohorizon2000tci.com\/Agenor\/index.php\/2021\/04\/16\/moise\/","title":{"rendered":"Haiti’s Mo\u00efse ‘won’t give up’ on freeing kidnapped clergy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Haiti’s President Jovenel Mo\u00efse says he will “do everything the law allows” to secure the release of 10 people who were kidnapped by a gang in the town of Croix-des-Bouquets on Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

All but three of those kidnapped are Catholic clergy, among them a French nun and a French priest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They were seized on their way to the installation of a new parish priest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kidnappings have surged in Haiti, with the Catholic Church describing the situation as “a descent into hell”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This is too much. The time has come for these inhuman acts to stop,” Bishop Pierre-Andr\u00e9 Dumas said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Growing problem<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The 10, among them five priests and two nuns, were kidnapped on Sunday morning, Father Loudger Mazile told Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The kidnappers have demanded $1m (\u00a3727,000) in ransom. A police source told AFP that a gang calling itself 400 Mazowo was most likely behind the kidnapping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kidnappings like that on Sunday have become increasingly common in Haiti, with some figures suggesting they have risen by 200% over the past year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n