Haitian kidnappings

The family of a U.S. couple who has been kidnapped in Haiti is pleading for their release. Nikese Toussaint says that gangs kidnapped her brother, his wife and a third person traveling with them on March 18.

With warring gangs and a powerless government since Jovenel Moïse was killed in his home, many are risking perilous voyages on rickety boats to start lives elsewhere.

The released members of Christian Aid Ministries are safe, the Ohio-based church organization said Sunday, after they were kidnapped by a Haitan gang in October.

The Haitian gang that abducted missionaries last month has provided proof of life for some captives — while Haiti's top gangster urges the United States to back his alliance.

COMMENTARY The near certainty that Haiti's omnipotent gangs will forcefully recruit minors, à la Central America, should move the U.S. to act there.