![]() ![]() The case has raised fears in Haiti that traffickers would take advantage of the quake chaos to abduct children. "I am trusting God to reveal all truth, and that we will be released and exonerated of charges," she said. The leader of the group, Laura Silsby, was confident they would all be freed. He also said that the Americans - who are mostly from the state of Idaho - had had the necessary documentation to take the children from the country.įive of them have spoken to the judge, and the rest are expected to appear at a hearing later this week. The group's lawyer, Aviol Fleurant, said after proceedings on Monday: "Many of the parents who had the opportunity to speak out declared, in good faith, to have given their children to the Americans." Many of the children were later found to have parents. Meanwhile, a Haitian judge has begun questioning 10 American missionaries accused of trying to take out of the country 33 children they claimed were orphaned by the quake. Here is a partial list of what has gone awry in Haiti since its 1804 independence: corruption, greed, neglect, brutality, coup d’etat, instability, natural catastrophe upon natural catastrophe, abject poverty, insurmountable debt, and lack of infrastructure, sustainability and leadership. But funding falls far short of the humanitarian needs. Then he remembered - he had an app for that. Nearly three million children are in need in Haiti this year, the highest number on record. Meanwhile, a judge began quizzing Americans accused of child snatching (CNN) - Alone in the darkness beneath layers of rubble, Dan Woolley felt blood streaming from his head and leg. ![]()
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