The FBI urged Americans to avoid traveling to Haiti on Tuesday amid the Caribbean nation’s spike in kidnappings and violence.
The agency’s Miami Field Office said that Haiti has witnessed a 300% increase in kidnappings so far this year, according to the Miami Herald, with the message specifically directed at residents of South Florida.
A Haitian-American couple was kidnapped last month when they traveled to the country to visit sick family members in Leogan, according to Miami NBC affiliate WTVJ. The couple was abducted by a gang and family in Florida said they were held for a $200,000 ransom. The FBI’s notice follows an existing State Department Travel Advisory that warns of “kidnapping, crime, and civil unrest” in the country.
Nearly 150 people were killed in a conflict between rival gangs from Feb. 28 to March 5, according to the organization, and several dozen women and girls have been victims of gang rapes.
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