A Haitian American Navy veteran and his police officer cousin who were working in Haiti with Studebaker, an American military contractor, are missing and presumed dead.

A Haitian American Navy veteran and his police officer cousin who were working in Haiti with Studebaker, an American military contractor, are missing and presumed dead.

Haitian gangs are increasingly abducting people and holding them for ransom to raise funds for other criminal activity, experts say.

© Ralph Tedy Erol/Reuters

Haitian gangs are increasingly abducting people and holding them for ransom to raise funds for other criminal activity, experts say.

© Ralph Tedy Erol/Reuters