Santo Domingo, RD.
Pastor Elie Henry, president of the Seventh-day Inter-American Adventist Church, along with his daughter Irma, were released unharmed Monday in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after disappearing on the night of December 24 while returning from work. religious.
The information was published by the Seventh-day Adventist Church on the website of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
It is not known if Pastor Elie Henry and his daughter Irma posted any links to their release.
“I spoke with Pastor Henry and he informed me that he and Irma had met his wife, Ketlie, in Port-au-Prince, and all was well,” said Pastor Leonard Johnson, the executive secretary of the Inter-American Church.
In a statement, Pastor Johnson thanked God for the release of members of that church.
“The leaders and members of our church in America and around the world have prayed for his release, and we are relieved and grateful to God,” he wrote.
On December 2, in a statement, the US embassy reported that any departure of diplomatic staff was restricted until further notice, indicating that 14 abductions had been reported in seven days.
Since November last year, there has been an excessive scale of kidnappings, which has spread fear across the country.
Hundreds of people have demonstrated in rejecting the growing kidnappings and insecurity in the neighboring country.
One of the kidnappings and subsequent murders shocked the entire international community and led Haitian President Jovenel Moise to show solidarity with the family of 21-year-old student Evelyne Sincère on October 29.
According to this country, the kidnappers are asking up to $ 100,000 for the release of a person.