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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Tom Phillips, Latin America correspondent

Eight people kidnapped from Haitian orphanage released after three weeks

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Gena Heraty ran an orphanage in the hills outside Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. Photograph: Gena Heraty/Instagram

An Irish aid worker and seven fellow captives have been released nearly a month after they were kidnapped in Haiti.

Gena Heraty, a missionary who ran the Our Little Brothers and Sisters orphanage in the hills outside Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, was abducted on 3 August along with seven Haitians, including a three-year-old child.

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