He Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reported that he was kidnapped in Haiti the Cuban guy Alejandro Aguilera Milanés, who served as Medical Brigade driver of the island who works in that country.
The official note states that the kidnapping was carried out by "one of the gangs that operate outside the law in that country" and which was committed last Friday, January 23, in the city of Port-au-Prince, capital of the neighboring country.
The MINSAP adds that, “with due discretion,” after the kidnapping began "We are taking steps with the Haitian authorities to address this unfortunate event with the highest priority in order to achieve the safe and prompt release of the Cuban collaborator.", who is an employee of the Provincial Health Directorate of Las Tunas.
According to the information released by the Ministry of Health, the rest of the members of the Cuban Medical Brigade are well, "complying as until now with the security measures established for the performance of their functions and their protection."
The statement does not offer other details about the circumstances of the kidnapping of the young Alejandro Aguilera Milanés, nor does it specify whether rescue for his release.
It is not the first incident of this nature suffered by a Cuban in Haitian territory.
In January 2022, the kidnapping of the doctor in Port-au-Prince cubana Daymara Helen Pérez Alabedra.
Pérez Alabedra, who was released At the end of that same month, she was not part of the Cuban medical mission in Haiti, as clarified on that occasion by the Cuban consulate in Port-au-Prince, a diplomatic entity that specified that the professional was there "fulfilling personal work contracts."
Just a few days before, at the end of December 2021, the Cubans Andrid Alfredo Abad and Enides Galano were kidnapped by an armed group in the Haitian capital when they were going to the Immigration Directorate to carry out a legal procedure. Days after They were also released.
With regard to the kidnapping of Cuban workers abroad, the case of doctors Landy Rodríguez and Assel Herrera is especially delicate, who They were kidnapped in Kenya by the terrorist group Al-Shabaab in April 2019 while carrying out an internationalist mission in that African country.
In recent years, the limited information disseminated suggests that the doctors were kidnapped so that they They will provide health care to terrorists of the organization, which also requested 1.5 million dollars to free them.
Although the Cuban government ensures that efforts are being made for his release, the two Cuban doctors remain kidnapped.
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