Haiti Kidnapping: What Happened to the Missionaries, and Who Is the 400 Mawozo Gang?

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Haiti Kidnapping: What Happened to the Missionaries, and Who Is the 400 Mawozo Gang?
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A Haitian gang kidnapped a group of American missionaries on Oct. 16 and is holding them for ransom. Here's what we know so far.

on Oct. 16 and is holding them for ransom. The group of 16 Americans and one Canadian includes seven women and five children, and belongs to Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries, a charity set up by Amish and Mennonites. Haitian authorities believe the abduction was carried out by a gang that calls itself the 400 Mawozo.The missionaries were ambushed on a road east of the capital Port-au-Prince on Saturday after visiting a nearby orphanage.

Haitian police said in early July they killed four suspects and arrested two others following the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. His killing brought more political turmoil to a country that has long been roiled by lawlessness and economic woes. Photo: Joseph Odelyn/Associated PressThe 400 Mawozo gang controls much of the Croix-des-Bouquets suburb, and has grown in power recently.

The term Mawozo is Haitian Creole for someone who comes from the countryside. It is sometimes used as a synonym for uncouth or a simpleton. The term reflects the gang’s roots stealing cattle in the surrounding countryside. The gang’s leader, Wilson Joseph, goes by the nickname Lanmò 100 JOU, which roughly means, “One never knows when death arrives,” according to Mr. Jean. His gang has postedEndemic corruption has weakened political institutions in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince.

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