If the Americans had the papers, where are they? Certainly they would have had to have the papers with them in order to take the children from Haiti to the Dominican Republic. And why would the group’s original lawyer try to bribe the group’s way out of jail if everything was legit? One would have thought that if things were on the up and up this situation would have already been resolved. TGO
Refer to brief story below. Source: Associated Press
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The new attorney for 10 Americans charged with child kidnapping in Haiti says the group had authorization to take the children.
Aviol Fluerant tells reporters that parents gave their kids to the Baptists in good faith.
He adds that the group had papers authorizing the children to be taken across the Dominican border. It was not immediately clear Monday who may have given authorization.
The group’s original lawyer was fired over the weekend after he allegedly tried to bribe the missionaries’ way out of jail.
The Americans have been charged with child kidnapping and criminal association for trying to take 33 children out of earthquake-ravaged Haiti.
They say they were on a humanitarian mission to rescue orphans.
