July 1, 2005: Headlines: COS - Haiti: Safety and Security of Volunteers: NGO's: Science Daily: Red Cross worker kidnapped and killed in Haiti
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July 1, 2005: Headlines: COS - Haiti: Safety and Security of Volunteers: NGO's: Science Daily: Red Cross worker kidnapped and killed in Haiti
Red Cross worker kidnapped and killed in Haiti
The Peace Corps pulled its volunteers out of Haiti in June due to the increasing violence in the embattled Caribbean nation.
Red Cross worker kidnapped and killed in Haiti
Haiti: Red Cross worker killed
Caption: Haitian police patrol the Bel-Air slum of Port-au-Prince, 27 June 2005. The United States embassy said it was scaling down its operations in Haiti amid ongoing unrest, while local radio said Haitian police had freed a hostage from his kidnappers(AFP/Thony Belizaire)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, July 1 (UPI) -- An International Committee of the Red Cross worker was kidnapped and killed in Haiti, the relief organization said in a statement released Friday.
Joel Cauvin was reportedly abducted Wednesday and found dead the next day with a bullet wound to the head.
"The ICRC is deeply distressed by the death of Cauvin, who had been taking an active part in the organization's humanitarian activities for the past 10 years," read the statement.
Kidnappings have been on the rise in recent months in Haiti, where hundreds of people have been killed amid escalating violence in the embattled Caribbean nation.
Armed rebels began taking over the country last year in an effort to force then-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from office.
Aristide left the country in February 2004 and remains in exile in South Africa. Since then, hundreds of people have died in clashes between his supporters and U.N. troops.
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