The Global Advisor: Spotlight on Latin America | June 2025
Haiti
Dominican family pay large ransom to secure the release of two relatives in Haiti An armed Haitian group on 27 April 2025 kidnapped two Dominican men, one an ex-professional baseball player in an undisclosed town in Nord Est department. The kidnappers then sent a video of the victims being transferred into a safe house to their family, demanding a large ransom payment. The family of the victims paid this ransom, and the kidnappers released their victims on the following day. However, on crossing the Haiti-Dominican Republic border, migration police arrested the two victims for undisclosed reasons.
Control Risks comment
Despite local nationals accounting for the vast majority of kidnap victims in Haiti, kidnappers will retain a high intent of targeting foreign nationals as they consider their abduction to yield larger ransom payments. Dominican nationals make up 35% of victims in incidents involving foreigners in Haiti, largely because of the high number of Dominican expats in areas near the border. Given the severe kidnap threat environment in the country, and the increasing lack of lucrative local targets, Dominican nationals who sporadically travel into Haiti will face a greater risk of falling victim to kidnapping.
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