Armed men kidnap a senior security official in Haiti

Armed men kidnapped a high-ranking security official in Haiti , the BBC reports, in what it characterizes as the most prominent abduction in recent memory.

The target is the story. Kidnappings for ransom have become routine in Haiti as armed groups extend control over much of the capital, but seizing a senior security figure signals that even the officials charged with restoring order are no longer beyond reach — a marker of how thin the state’s writ has worn as the gang crisis grinds on.

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