"An attempt has been made against me personally. My life has been put in the crosshairs," said Mr Henry, who has been running the country since the July assassination of president Jovenel Moise.
The events come weeks after groups of citizens and members of armed gangs in Gonaives had violently expressed their opposition to Mr Henry visiting their city."We cannot let bandits from any background, driven by the lowest financial interests, blackmail the state," he said. One of the suspects, arrested in October in Jamaica, was set to be returned to Colombia due to a lack of evidence, Jamaican media said on Saturday. However,The growing reach of criminal gangs across the country is undermining hopes of improving the living conditions for ordinary Haitians, who are victims of daily kidnappings by ruthless groups.
Last October, 17 North Americans linked to a Christian aid group were kidnapped after visiting an orphanage near the capital in an area controlled by the so-called"400 Mawozo", one of Haiti's most powerful gangs.In April, 10 people - including two French clerics - were kidnapped and held for 20 days by 400 Mawozo in the same region.
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