Santo Domingo, RD.
Pastor Elie Henry, president of the Seventh-day Inter-American Adventist Church, and his daughter Irma were released unharmed Monday in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after staying overnight. of December 24 disappeared while returning from religious activities.
The information was released by Seventh-day Adventist Church on the Seventh-day Adventist Church website.
It is unknown whether Pastor Elie Henry and his daughter Irma paid bail for his release.
“I spoke with Pastor Henry and he informed me that he and Irma met with his wife, Ketlie, in Port-au-Prince, and they are all fine,” said Pastor Leonard Johnson, executive secretary of the church in Inter-American.
In a statement Pastor Johnson thanked God for the release of the members of this church.
“The leaders and members of our church in Inter-American and the world prayed for His deliverance, and we are relieved and grateful to God,” he wrote.
On December 2, in a statement, the U.S. embassy reported that any departure of diplomatic legation personnel had been restricted until further notice, indicating that 14 kidnappings had been reported in seven days. .
Since last November, there has been an exorbitant scale of kidnappings, which has spread fear across the country.
Hundreds of people have spoken out against the growing kidnappings and insecurity in the neighboring country.
One of the kidnappings and subsequent assassination that has dismayed the entire international community and led Haitian President Jovenel Moise to show solidarity with the family of 21-year-old student Evelyne sincerely last October 29th.
According to this country, the kidnappers demand up to $ 100,000 to release a person.