Haitian gang leader threatens to kill abducted missionaries if ransom isn't paid

Christian Aid Ministries in Titanyen, Haiti.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Video circulating on social media in Haiti shows a gang leader threatening to kill 17 kidnapped American and Canadian missionaries if ransom isn't paid, The Wall Street Journal reports.

The missionaries were abducted Saturday near Port-au-Prince after leaving an orphanage. The hostages are members of the Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries, and range in age from 8 months to 48.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.