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US charges Haitian man for role in missionary kidnappings

The US Department of Justice says members of Haiti's 400 Mawozo gang used firearms to guard the abducted US and Canadian missionaries after they were kidnapped late last year [File: Mark Lennihan/AP]

The United States has charged a Haitian man with hostage-taking for his alleged role in the kidnapping of 16 American missionaries near Port-au-Prince last year, the US Department of Justice said.

In a statement on Thursday, the department accused Jean Pelice, also known as “Zo”, an alleged member of the 400 Mawozo gang, of taking part in the kidnapping of the Christian missionaries on October 16, 2021.

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