Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas, is plagued by poverty, insecurity and natural disaster.
Kidnappings for ransom have surged in recent months in Port-au-Prince and other provinces, reflecting the growing influence of armed gangs in the Caribbean nation.
Anger has been piqued by the abductions on Sunday of 10 people in Croix-des-Bouquets, a town northeast of the capital Port-au-Prince.
They include seven Catholic clergy — five of them Haitian, as well as two French citizens, a priest and a nun.
On Monday Haiti’s Catholic Church slammed the government’s failure to act over the unrest, with stinging comments decrying Haiti’s “descent into hell.”
Moise — whose government has also been in a political crisis over amid a dispute over his term limits in office — had responded by saying he was aware the state “must make more of an effort.”
AFP
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