A total of 38 people, people on two minibuses, were abducted by gunmen in Haitiaccording to what the president of the Drivers’ Association told the French News Agency (AFP).
“Two buses were just full of passengers bound for Miragoan (a town 100 miles west of Port-au-Prince) when people from ‘Village of God’ took over.” said Mehou Sanzhou, head of the Haiti Association of Bus Owners and Drivers, referring to a place name in a Port-au-Prince slum used by gangs as a base for their attacks.
“Each bus had 18 people, except the drivers”he added, without giving details about the motives of the perpetrators.
The new gang abduction took place as armed gangs spread terror in the Caribbean country, as police were unable to restore order and security.
Authorities have lost control of the only highway connecting the capital, Port-au-Prince, to southern Haiti since last June. The abduction of 38 people took place in this area.
Sanzhou assures that its Union “always urges drivers not to follow this path until the authorities restore safety.”
However, this appeal is not heeded by the poorest residents, as travel through the only alternative road costs much more due to tolls. “There are still buses that take the risk because some passengers do not have the financial means for the mountain route,” he explains.
Last weekend, three Turkish women were released after a month in captivity. They were abducted by a criminal gang that controlled the area east of Port-au-Prince, all the way to the border with the Dominican Republic. The same gang is still holding five Turkish nationals hostage.
At least 200 abductions were reported in Haiti in May alonemost of them in the greater Port-au-Prince area, according to UN figures.
Source: News Beast
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