KIDNAPPING

Officials deny rumors about children’s kidnappings in Cuba

Published on: February 10, 2025
17:13

Havana, Feb 10 (Prensa Latina) Officials from the Ministry of Education (MINED) and the Attorney General's Office on Monday denied rumors about the alleged kidnapping of children in schools in Cuba, which have been spread on social networks.

Dissident rebels admitt kidnapping Cauca councilwoman

Published on: September 20, 2024
16:27

Bogotá, Sep 20 (Prensa Latina) The Central General Staff (EMC), a dissident group of the now-extinct Revolutionary Armed Forces-People's Army, today admitted to having kidnapped Sandra Betancourt, a councilwoman from Argelia, in the department of Cauca, in southwestern Colombia.

Niger accuses Benin of kidnapping 5 of its nationals

Published on: June 9, 2024
09:53

Niamey, Jun 9 (Prensa Latina) Niger on Sunday condemned Benin government's involvement in the kidnapping of five of its citizens, in charge in Benin of controlling the oil cargo of the Wapco-Niger company, according to local television.

Cuba repeats its willingness to clarify kidnapped doctors’ situation

Published on: April 12, 2024
13:21

Havana, Apr 12 (Prensa Latina) Cuba on Friday expressed its willingness to continue to take steps to clarify the situation of Doctors Assel Herrera Correa and Landy Rodríguez Hernández, who were doctors kidnapped and and are presumed dead.

Cuba continues to work to clarify fate of kidnapped doctors

Published on: March 15, 2024
12:02

Havana, Mar 15 (Prensa Latina) Cuba continues to make the pertinent efforts to clarify the situation of kidnapped Doctors Assel Herrera Correa and Landy Rodríguez Hernández, whose alleged deaths were disclosed on February 17.

African Union condemns kidnapping of civilians in Kuriga, Nigeria

Published on: March 10, 2024
08:16

Addis Ababa, Mar 10 (Prensa Latina) The president of the African Union Commission, Moussa Mahamat Faki, strongly condemned the mass kidnapping of schoolchildren and women following an armed intrusion in the village of Kuriga, northwest Nigeria.

Cuba pending on fate of doctors kidnapped in Kenya

Published on: February 18, 2024
06:23

Havana, Feb 18 (Prensa Latina) Cuba is presently awaiting official reports on health conditions of Dr. Landy Rodriguez and Dr. Assel Herrera, kidnapped in April 2019 by a terrorist group on Kenya-Somalia border.

Ecuador: Kidnappings and extortion scaled up in 2023

Published on: December 23, 2023
09:11

Quito, Dec 23 (Prensa Latina) About 124 cases of kidnappings and extortions were reported in Ecuador in this year, 17 of which were solved, while seven others are still pending for solution.

Another national doctor kidnapped in Haiti

Published on: July 24, 2023
13:09

Port-au-Prince, Jul 24 (Prensa Latina) Haitian Doctor Pierre-Marie Reynold Grand Pierre was kidnapped in Tabarre, the same area where journalist Marie Lucie Bonhomme and her husband Pierre-Louis Opont were also abducted in June, relatives confirmed on Monday.

Kidnappings decrease while maritime piracy grows in Haiti

Published on: July 19, 2023
07:23

Port-au-Prince, Jul 19 (Prensa Latina) Yesterday, according to a report released, the Center for Analysis and Research on Human Rights (Cardh) reported 150 kidnappings in Haiti from April to June, a decrease of 61.43 percent compared to the previous quarter.

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