Laura Silsby, the American missionary accused of trying to take nearly three dozen children out of Haiti after the devastating January 12 earthquake, has been freed from jail by a Haitian court, her defense attorney said Monday.
A Haitian prosecutor asked for a six-month prison sentence Thursday for an American missionary accused of trying to take nearly three dozen children out of the country after a devastating and deadly earthquake in January.
American missionary Laura Silsby will stand trial in Haiti on a charge of arranging irregular travel, a judge ruled Monday, but more serious charges against her and nine fellow missionaries were dropped.
Haiti's top prosecutor on Friday denied reports that charges have been dropped against nine of the 10 American missionaries accused of kidnapping children after a devastating earthquake hit the nation in January.
Tears stream down 12-year-old Daphnis Adrien's face on the day he is supposed to be reunited with his family after six weeks of separation.
Nearly all of the 33 Haitian children whom American missionaries allegedly tried to take out of the earthquake-ravaged nation were reunited Wednesday with their families, weeks after they were separated.
After more than a month in a Haitian jail, an American missionary was free Monday night, looking forward to a hot shower and a long night in bed on home soil.
One American is still in Haiti on suspicion of kidnapping 33 children after the January quake. CNN's Sara Sidner reports.
Charisa Coulter, one of two American missionaries detained for more than a month in Haiti on suspicion of kidnapping 33 children after January 12's devastating earthquake, was released Monday.
A Haitian judge will decide Wednesday the fate of two American missionaries detained on suspicion of kidnapping 33 children after the devastating earthquake in January.
Eight of the 10 missionaries jailed in Haiti arrive in Florida, hours after being released from custody.
Two Americans charged with kidnapping in Haiti appeared before a judge Thursday, a day after the judge released eight other Americans on bail and allowed them to return home.
A judge in Haiti said he expects to make a decision soon on the possible release of two American missionaries detained on suspicion of kidnapping 33 children after the earthquake in January.
The Americans, released on bail from a Haitian prison, return home to the U.S.
Two Americans charged with kidnapping in Haiti appeared before a judge Thursday, the same day their eight colleagues who were released on bail returned to their hometowns.
The American missionaries in Haiti facing kidnapping charges for trying to take 33 children out of the country last week made an earlier, unsuccessful attempt at taking dozens of other children, a Haitian police officer said.
The group of American Baptist missionaries in Haiti who are facing kidnapping charges for trying to take 33 children out of the country last week made an earlier attempt at taking dozens of other children, according to a Haitian police officer.
A Haitian attorney representing 10 Americans charged with kidnapping for trying to take 33 children out of Haiti told CNN Sunday he has resigned.
Ten Americans charged with kidnapping in Haiti are divided, with five men and five women in separate prisons.
With 10 American Baptist missionaries in Haiti now charged with kidnapping for attempting to take 33 children out of the country, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday the case is for Haitian courts to decide.
The Dominican consul general Wednesday rejected the claim from an American church leader that she thought her paperwork was in order when she attempted to take 33 Haitian children out of the country, saying he had told her it was not.
CNN's Karl Penhaul traces the steps leading up to the detainment of 10 American missionaries in Haiti.
Ten Americans accused of trying illegally to take 33 children from Haiti had met with a Haitian police officer and a Dominican official the week before being stopped at the border, interpreters who worked with the group said Wednesday.
10 Americans are claiming innocence after being accused of attempted child trafficking in Haiti.
Lelly Laurentus thought he was doing the right thing when he handed his two young children over to an American woman who promised to take them to a better place.
CNN's Karl Penhaul reports on Haitians who say they gave their children to U.S. missionaries to get them a better life.
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