PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A gang in Haiti has released three of eight Turkish citizens kidnapped nearly a month ago in the country’s capital, an official said Wednesday.
Hugues Josue, Turkey’s honorary consul in Haiti, told The Associated Press that three women were released, adding that he had no further details.
The three women were part of a group that included five Turkish men who got on a bus in the neighboring Dominican Republic in early May and were kidnapped hours later in the Croix-des-Bouquets neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, which is controlled by the 400 Mawozo gang.
It was not immediately clear whether those responsible for the kidnapping of the Turkish citizens had demanded a ransom or whether a ransom had been paid. Police have not returned requests for comment.
The 400 Mawozo gang kidnapped 17 members of a US-based mission group in the same area last October. Most were held until December when the gang demanded $1 million in ransom.
