CROIX DES BOUQUETS, Haiti (AFP) – The 33 children rescued from an alleged kidnapping by Americans who said they are missionaries huddled together at an orphanage outside Port-au-Prince, visibly mistrustful of adults.
A one-year old girl, dressed in red and surrounded by children aged four, five and seven, glared at adults who came to find out how she was doing. She firmly clutched the hands of a friend, who seemed to be about four years old, seated on a bench next to her.
The children were rescued from being illegally taken out of Haiti by Americans who say they belong to a US-based charity.
Patricia Vargas, the regional director of the orphan charity SOS Children, said that for legal reasons the children's identity cannot be revealed.
Vargas answered a call from Haitian authorities to meet the children, who were returned from the border with neighboring Dominican Republic, on Saturday.
"The majority of these children have families. Some of the older ones said their parents are alive, and some gave an address and phone numbers," said Vargas, a Costa Rica native in charge of SOS Children operations in Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean.
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