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A Florida couple visiting Port-au-Prince, Haiti<\/a> are being held at ransom after being abducted, according to family members.<\/p>\n

Jean Dickens Toussaint and Abigail Toussaint, both 33-years-old, were reportedly abducted on a bus on March\u00a018 while on a visit to see ailing relatives and attend a local festival.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The U.S. citizen’s abductors allegedly demanded $6,000 for the couple\u2019s release, family members told ABC Miami. After family members paid the ransom, the abductors upped the ransom to $200,000 each, family members said.<\/p>\n

“We don\u2019t have that type of money,” Jean Dickens Toussaint\u2019s sister, Nikese Toussaint, told ABC Miami.<\/p>\n

HAITI GAN VIOLENCE LEAVE 187 DEAD IN 11 DAYS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

A family friend who met the couple at the airport to escort them was also kidnaped, a niece of the couple told ABC Miami.<\/p>\n

“They stopped the bus at a stop, and they asked for the Americans on the bus and their escorts to come off the bus, and then they took them,” she said.<\/p>\n

The U.S State Department<\/a> said that they are aware of reports of American citizens missing in Haiti and shared that the department will work with local authorities to search for the missing couple.<\/p>\n

“We are aware of reports of two U.S. citizens missing in Haiti,” the State Department spokesperson said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “When a U.S. citizen is missing, we work closely with local authorities as they carry out their search efforts, and we share information with families however we can.”<\/p>\n

VIOLENT GANGS IN HAITI COULD POSE SIMILAR THREAT TO US AS MS-13, SEN. CASSIDY SAYS: ‘MIGHT BE A RHYTHM THERE’<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The US state department advises Americans<\/a> not to travel to Haiti “due to kidnappings, crime, and civil unrest”<\/p>\n

Haiti is once again struggling with a spike in gang-related kidnappings that had diminished after President Jovenel Mo\u00efse was fatally shot at his private residence on July 7, and following a 7.2-magnitude earthquake<\/a> that struck southwest Haiti in August and killed more than 2,200 people.<\/p>\n

Gangs have grown in strength and have demanded ransoms ranging from a couple of hundred dollars to more than $1 million, according to authorities.<\/p>\n

The security situation has devolved further in recent months with routine gun fights between police officers and the gangs. Bloody turf battles have left hundreds dead and thousands displaced.<\/p>\n

Seventeen missionaries<\/a> from the United States and Canada were taken hostage and held for ransom in 2021 while on a trip to Haiti organized by the Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries. The group said ransom money was paid for the release of the captives, but a dozen had escaped on their own.<\/p>\n

Haiti’s national police did not immediately respond to Fox News’ Digital’s request for comment.<\/p>\n

Reuters contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/american-couple-being-held-hostage-haiti-kidnappers-ransom-demand <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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