Armed men in Haiti’s capital seize top official in rare high-level abduction

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In Haiti, armed men in the capital have kidnapped James Boyard, a senior Defence Ministry official and police inspector general. This abduction marks a rare high-level kidnapping in the gang-violence plagued country.

Armed men in Haiti have kidnapped James Boyard, cabinet director of the Defence Ministry and a highly respected security expert who also serves as inspector general of Haiti’s police, a person with the knowledge of the situation said on Saturday. He is the highest-ranking official to be kidnapped in the gang-wracked Caribbean country in recent years. A person with knowledge of the situation who was not authorised to speak publicly about the case confirmed the kidnapping to Associated Press on...