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10 Americans face child-kidnapping charges in Haiti
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Port-Au-Prince, Haiti - The 10 Americans accused by Haiti of trying to sneak 33 children out of the earthquake-ravaged country were charged with child kidnapping and criminal association Thursday and returned to jail to await trial.
The Baptist missionaries from Idaho appeared before a judge who determined that there was sufficient evidence to proceed with criminal charges, said Edwin F. Coq Jr., one of their attorneys.
Coq described a somber scene inside the closed courtroom, adding that before the questioning began the group members bowed their heads and prayed together.
After the hearing, which ran more than two hours, policemen escorted the Americans, some of whom hid their faces beneath jackets, into a police vehicle.
Laura Silsby, 40, the organizer of the trip, sat silently, refusing to respond to questions shouted by reporters through the windows. Earlier, Silsby told reporters, "God wanted us to come here to help children; we are convinced of that."
Many in the group attend Central Valley Baptist Church in Meridian, Idaho. The church strongly disputed the group's portrayal by some in Haiti as would-be human traffickers looking to take advantage of the chaos that followed the earthquake.
Coq described a somber scene inside the closed courtroom, adding that before the questioning began the group members bowed their heads and prayed together.
After the hearing, which ran more than two hours, policemen escorted the Americans, some of whom hid their faces beneath jackets, into a police vehicle.
Laura Silsby, 40, the organizer of the trip, sat silently, refusing to respond to questions shouted by reporters through the windows. Earlier, Silsby told reporters, "God wanted us to come here to help children; we are convinced of that."
Many in the group attend Central Valley Baptist Church in Meridian, Idaho. The church strongly disputed the group's portrayal by some in Haiti as would-be human traffickers looking to take advantage of the chaos that followed the earthquake.
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