The information was revealed by Radio Caraïbes in its morning news edition of this Wednesday, June 22, 2022. The former Departmental Delegate of Artibonite, Jean Osner Amisial, was abducted Tuesday evening, in Morne Calvaire, on the road to Kenscoff.
Several cases of kidnapping have been recorded in the Haitian capital in recent days.
Mona Jean-Baptiste known as Christella, a fried food vendor, was kidnapped on the evening of June 20, 2022 by armed men on Avenue Magloire Amboise. She regained her freedom (2) days later.
It must be said that local residents blocked access to the area immediately after the act in protest.
In Delmas 33, not far from the police station, individuals broke into the home of entrepreneur Pierre Richard Guillaume on Monday and left with him.
The same scenario that happened to the wife of the famous filmmaker Arnold Antonin, Beatriz, released a few days later.
The Haitian National Police also informed that on June 20, they freed a 29-year-old hostage in Beudet, a locality of Croix-Des-Bouquets, who was kidnapped by armed bandits on Elysée Street in the Santo 19 neighborhood. The PNH indicates that it was also able to recover the victim’s vehicle.
The law enforcement officers exchanged gunfire with the kidnappers, who had time to flee, writes the PNH on its social networks.
Insecurity is in full swing in Haiti, the UN is concerned
The climate of insecurity and political instability in Haiti was at the heart of the last meeting of the Security Council of the United Nations on Thursday June 16.
”Not all kidnappings and intentional homicides are reported, but the Haitian National Police still recorded 540 kidnappings between January 1 and May 31, 2022 (an increase of 36.4%), compared to 396 in the last five months of 2021, while the number of intentional homicides increased by 17%, from 668 in the last five months of 2021 to 782 in the first five months of 2022.” Presented UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
The report highlighted a clear increase in cases of kidnapping for the month of May with a total of more than ”198 kidnappings and 201 homicides were reported, mainly in the West Department”.
It is in this context that UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called for a 12-month extension of the mandate of the UN integrated office in Haiti.
The senior UN official highlighted the difficulties faced by the Haitian National Police, which is having difficulty carrying out its mission.
In May alone, the Haitian National Police (HNP) recorded 201 intentional homicides and 198 kidnappings, an average of seven cases per day, the UN said. However, the HNP lacks human, material and financial resources and its limited operational and logistical capacity compromises the implementation of a comprehensive public security program, said a statement from the council consulted by Zoom Haiti News.
The UN has called for “greater support to the country’s national police, warning of a rapidly deteriorating security situation at a time when dialogue on the country’s future governance arrangements remains at a prolonged impasse.
