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16 American missionaries kidnapped by gang members in Haiti

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16 American missionaries kidnapped by gang members in Haiti

16 American missionaries kidnapped by gang members in Haiti

Seventeen missionaries from the United States and Canada, some of them minors, were kidnapped in Haiti, according to the organization Christian Aid Ministries.

CNN’s Kylie Atwood reports.


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