Gunmen kidnap Haitian political leader - witnesses

[Judi Lynn]

Gunmen kidnap Haitian political leader - witnesses
29 Apr 2005 03:11:59 GMT

Source: Reuters

By Joseph Guyler Delva

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, April 28 (Reuters) - Gunmen kidnapped a Haitian political leader on Thursday, witnesses said, raising more doubts about the prospect for elections set for October and November.

Dr. Jean Enold Buteau, head of the Movement for National Reconstruction and brother of Education Minister Pierre Buteau, was abducted in the parking lot of his medical clinic in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, the witnesses said.

Buteau's vehicle was abandoned on the street, police sources said.

The poorest country in the Americas has been plagued by political and gang violence since its former president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, was ousted in February 2004.

At least 675 people have died in the violence since September, and the number of abductions for ransom of professional and business people has increased in recent months.
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[LynnTheDem]

1. "plagued by political and gang violence since " since BUSH & Gang

interfered and had Aristide kidnapped and removed and installed their rightwingnut boy from Brazil in his place.

"Political and gang violance" follow wherever bush & Gang go.

[struggle4progress]

2. kick