Posted on 05/24/2024 10:13:08 AM PDT by Drew68
Missouri state Rep. Ben Baker said Friday that his “heart is broken in a thousand pieces” after his daughter and son-in-law were taken hostage then later killed by a gang in Haiti.
Natalie and Davy Lloyd were among a group of missionaries who were ambushed as they left a church on Thursday, the nonprofit Missions in Haiti Inc. wrote on Facebook.
A gang of “3 trucks full of guys” whisked the group away, the nonprofit, which is run by Davy’s parents, David and Alicia Lloyd, wrote in a frantic Facebook post calling for “urgent prayers.”
“Davy was taken to the house tied up and beat. The gang then took our trucks and loaded everything up they wanted and left. Another gang came after to see what was going on and if they could help, so they say. No one understood what they were doing, not sure what took place but one was shot and killed and now this gang went into full attack mode.”
Davy and Natalie tried to use an internet connection to call Davy’s parents, the nonprofit’s post continued. “So they are holed up in there, the gangs has shot all the windows out of the house and continue to shoot,” the post added. “Their lives are in danger. I have been trying all my contacts to get a police armored car there to evacuate them out to safety but can’t get anyone to do. I also am trying to negotiate with the gang so how much $ to stand down and let them leave and get to safety. PLEASE PRAY- Going to be a long night. The phones have all died I can’t get a hold of anybody for the past several hours now to know what was going on.”
However, a follow-up post three hours later said, “Davy and Natalie and Jude were shot and killed by the gang about 9 o’clock this evening.”
Baker wrote on Facebook that he had “never felt this kind of pain.”
Violence has reached fever pitch in Haiti in the weeks since a new prime minister was announced last month, and kidnappings of missionaries and other foreigners are extremely common.
But just two weeks ago, Missions in Haiti said they felt the situation was stabilizing as the U.S. military sent personnel and equipment, and a Kenya-led international force was slated to arrive later in May.
“It may be the worst is behind us now and better days ahead,” the group wrote on Facebook. “We are believing this is the case and Haiti is coming out of this dark time.”
Five days ago, the group said things had calmed down even further. “Gang activity still happening with looting and destruction, but much less then before,” they wrote. “...For the past 2 weeks we have watched US military planes fly over several times a day. They are flying in equipment and supplies for the international force that is coming. It is reported the first 200 troops from Kenya are to land this week. Some gangs are realizing their rule is about to come to an end. 3 gang guys that come to the bakery for bread a couple times a week, I asked them what their plans are. They said ‘run to the Dominican Republic when the fighting starts.’”
They should not have been there. Sad they found that out at the cost of their lives.
We turned a blind eye to the crimes of the Duvaliers, because “they kept the Commies out.”
They died doing what they believed in. They will be rewarded as a result. Those who stay behind should consider that while mourning their loss. It’s a comforting thought that eases the pain of the loss, knowing that your loved one is in the promised land.
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Yes, this is like a place need a hundred thousand troops to clear out. Once done, we can the send all Haitians in the US back home to repopulate that side of the island.
In Sierra Leone in 1995 - 200 highly trained (white) mercenaries (Executive Outcomes) prevented the Sierra Leone civil war - only until corrupt African governments (and the Clinton Administration) decided to give the job over to “Nigerian peacekeepers” and force the Sierra Leone government to accept the Abidjan Peace Accords.
With that, the government collapsed and all the terror one associates with the Sierra Leone civil war came to the fore.
The only thing the USA needs to do with Haiti is authorize the same for Haiti. I bet the entire country could be controlled with 800 private military contractors
Imho either blockade Hati, or nuke it from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.
Oops my bad, forgot the Dominican Republic.
5.56mm
Especially a black tribal warzone like this where you stick out like a sore thumb because you’re a whitey
Yes, they should have been home, helping in their community, not a beyond saving cesspool.
Even sub IQ communists know that Haiti is a losing proposition.
“A total failure on the part of husband and dad to protect their most precious treasure.”
This ministry, Missions in Haiti, was started by the young man’s father. What a terrible outcome, but I would think not unexpected with Haiti now so out of control.
The nonprofit Missions in Haiti Inc. is run by Davy’s parents, David and Alicia Lloyd.
How sad that his parents put their son and DIL in such awful harm’s way and that they didn’t get out when total collapse occurred.
don’t- it’s good to see some folks still have common sense.
I have read that when the slaves in Haiti revolted against the French they made a pact with the devil for it’s success.
That pact is still in force with voodoo. I recall missionaries there telling me of some things that happened.
They were adult missionaries.
I don’t mean this to sound callous but they had no business being there. I’m sorry they’re dead.
It may have been 15 / 20 years or more when my son was down there distributing mre and candy per army mission. Bosnia and Haiti —what an experience.
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