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Cop: Baptists Tried to Grab Haiti Kids Earlier

Group caught with a busload of 40 kids last month

By Emily Rauhala,  Newser User

Posted Feb 9, 2010 5:00 AM CST
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(Newser) – The Baptist missionaries jailed on kidnapping charges in Haiti tried not once, but twice, to take kids out of the country, according to a Haitian police officer. The officer stopped the group last month and ordered some 40 children off their bus as they headed from Haiti to the Dominican Republic, he told CNN. The group was charged last week with kidnapping after trying to take 33 children out of the country.

The missionaries have insisted they were simply trying to help Haiti's orphans, and their lawyer says they had permission to take children to the Dominican Republic.

One of the 10 Americans arrested while trying to bus children out of Haiti arrives at court.
One of the 10 Americans arrested while trying to bus children out of Haiti arrives at court.   (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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blues_junky
Feb 9, 2010 9:02 AM CST
"the response of the U.S. government to this situation has been wimpy, even shameful." Absolutely, Bert. There should have been a representative from the American embassy there when they were charged. There wasn't. The Prime Minister said a week ago that it was possible for them to be taken to the US for trial. No word from here. The day they were charged, Hillary Clinton was railing against organized religion at the prayer breakfast. Her husband, who certainly holds a bit of sway in Haiti, is more occupied in photo opts. They're having to depend on a Dominican Republic lawyer, and a Haitian lawyer that just got fired. Where are all the high-profile lawyers that usually jump at a chance like this? The country's prison population is runnin' the streets, but these people are jailed. The very least this gov't should do is bring them here for trial. Instead, they're just letting them twist in the wind.....
Mad
Feb 9, 2010 9:00 AM CST
Ana, who said shit about selling the children? Is the only possible crime here; if they sold the children? Wake up. They committed a number of offenses, and the law doesn't let you get away with criminal acts if your heart was in the right place. Sheesh.
Daddy-o
Feb 9, 2010 7:38 AM CST
@dly: much like America would be if your beliefs were to become mainstream. Idiot.

 
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