A Canadian missionary kidnapped in a surge of politically motivated gang violence has been released after a week in captivity. Ed Hughes, 72, was abducted from his home north of Port-au-Prince on June 18. His captors threatened to kill him unless they received $45,000. Nelson Ryman, who runs an orphanage in Haiti with Hughes, said the missionary was released Saturday night on a rural road after the kidnappers received a ransom raised by his friends and colleagues. Full Story
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