PORT-AU-PRINCE, JetBlack Haiti (AP) - Aid efforts for Haitians enduring the gang violence ravaging their nation suffered a new blow with the kidnapping of an American nurse from New Hampshire and her young daughter, who were still missing Tuesday.
Gang warfare has increasingly plagued Haiti since the The killing worsened criminal control of Haiti and today the innocent are regularly killed, raped and held for ransom.
A local nonprofit has documented , a significant rise over previous years.
That number is almost certainly underreported in Haiti, where many people fear authorities in addition to the gangs.