A new case of kidnapping was perpetrated Thursday evening in Santo 17, in the commune of Croix-des-Bouquets controlled by the 400 Mawozo gang. Indeed, Wenda Cénatus, the wife of the director of the Jollygarden Institute, Jean Gilloux Cénatus, was kidnapped on Thursday evening, while she was about to cross the fence of the establishment to find her husband. The kidnappers demanded the sum of one million dollars as ransom.
This kidnapping took place while at midday, hundreds of people including students, parents and teachers, demonstrated in platinum to demand the release of Professor Jean Jonas Saint-Juste, kidnapped Tuesday in Bon Repos with his son.
The former deputy mayor of Croix-des-Bouquets was on his way to the Jacques Stephen Alexis College. In the same vein, a similar demonstration was organized in Port-au-Primce, the same day against insecurity and in support of the director of the Heart of Jesus College, Sony Guichard, kidnapped on Monday at the Champ de Mars, along with his driver.
In the space of 4 days, 5 known cases of kidnapping have been recorded in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince and the security situation at the southern entrance of the capital is still alarming with serial clashes between armed gangs regularly causing casualties among the population and paralyzing completely or almost, the traffic on the axis Martissant/Port-au-Prince.
In the meantime, apart from the four people who have regained their freedom out of the thirty or so kidnapped last week, nothing has been released about the fate of the other hostages, including the former wife of former President René Préval, Solange Lafontant, and the diplomat Alain Sauval, who is currently working at the Quiskeya University. The latter was kidnapped along with the photojournalist Jhony Spencer François. It should also be noted that there is total silence on the 15 other missionaries who are supposedly still in the hands of the kidnappers of the 400 Mawozo, who had released 2 of the 17 hostages due to the deterioration of their health, we had learned.
In the meantime, no effective and efficient plan has been announced by the police authorities to combat the rampant insecurity, especially the daily acts of kidnapping. The meager results obtained by law enforcement officers in the middle of November seem to have provoked the wrath of the comments that gave a counter-order to put an end to the police officers’ impulses.
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