PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A gang that kidnapped 17 members of a U,S.-based missionary group has demanded a $17 million ransom for them.
That’s according to Haiti’s justice minister, as quoted by the Wall Street Journal.
Liszt Quitel says the gang is demanding $1 million per person for the 16 Americans and one Canadian.
A wave of kidnappings in Haiti has prompted a protest strike that shuttered businesses, schools and public transportation in a new blow to the country’s anemic economy.
Unions and other groups vowed to continue the shutdown Tuesday.
