随着海地在选举前发生帮派劫持官员、专业人士和平民的事件，该国的绑架事件再次呈上升趋势。这股激增潮暴露了国家的软弱无力，并加深了人们的恐惧，即使在曾经被视为安全的地区也是如此。
Kidnappings in Haiti are climbing again as gangs abduct officials, professionals and civilians before elections. The surge is exposing state weakness and deepening fear even in areas once seen as safe.
随着海地走向长期延误的大选，该国的绑架事件再次抬头，帮派越来越多地将目标对准知名人士并实施集体绑架。联合国的数据显示，4月至6月期间，至少有81人被报遭绑架，比今年第一季度增加了42%。
Kidnappings are rising again in Haiti as the country moves towards long-delayed general elections, with gangs increasingly targeting prominent people and carrying out mass abductions. United Nations figures show that at least 81 people were reported kidnapped between April and June, a 42 per cent rise from the first quarter of the year.
被绑架者包括海地警察总监兼国防部内阁主任詹姆斯·博亚尔（James Boyard），他于6月在太子港被认为相对安全的布尔东（Bourdon）地区白日遭绑架。他尚未获释。当地媒体还报道了知名律师卡勒布·让-巴蒂斯特（Caleb Jean-Baptiste）以及海地国家教育伙伴关系办公室总干事斯蒂芬妮·波尔特（Stphanie Paultre）被绑架的事件。
Those abducted include James Boyard, police inspector general and cabinet director in Haiti’s Defence Ministry, who was kidnapped in broad daylight in June from Bourdon, an area of Port-au-Prince seen as relatively safe. He has not been released. Local media have also reported the kidnapping of well-known lawyer Caleb Jean-Baptiste and Stphanie Paultre, director general of Haiti’s National Office for Educational Partnerships.
这些绑架事件发生之际，海地正准备迎来十多年来的首次大选。自若弗内尔·莫伊兹（Jovenel Mose）于2021年7月在其私人住所被暗杀以来，该国一直没有总统，此后的暴力局势不断恶化。
The kidnappings come as Haiti prepares for its first general elections in more than a decade. The country has not had a president since Jovenel Mose was killed at his private residence in July 2021, and violence has worsened since then.
打击跨国有组织犯罪全球倡议组织（Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime）海地观察站负责人罗曼·勒库尔（Romain Le Cour）表示：“选举起到了催化剂的作用。每一个此类案件都吸引了国际社会的关注，并对海地的每个政治行为体施加了压力。它暴露了裂痕、失败以及国家甚至连自身都无法保护的无能。”大多数海地人不敢报告亲属被绑架的情况，因为他们害怕遭到报复、赎金要求提高或与绑架者的谈判被打乱。
Romain Le Cour, head of the Haiti Observatory at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, said, "Elections act as accelerators. Each of these cases draws international attention and puts pressure on every political actor in Haiti. It exposes cracks, failures and the state’s inability to protect even its own." Most Haitians do not report kidnappings of relatives because they fear reprisals, higher ransom demands or disruption to talks with abductors.
在罕见的公开表态中，律师多里梅·布洛斯于9月中旬举行了新闻发布会，宣布将发起一场筹款活动以帮助争取让让-巴蒂斯特获释。他表示：“我们没有他们要求的赎金金额，”同时拒绝透露具体的赎金要求。他呼吁各方进行对话，并补充说：“我们被迫继续生活在这样的环境中；我们没有其他可以选择的社会环境或可以求助的国家。”
In a rare public step, lawyer Dorime Boulos held a press conference in mid-September to announce a fundraiser to help secure Jean-Baptiste’s release. "We don’t have the amount they’re asking for," he said, while declining to disclose the ransom demand. Calling for dialogue, he added, "We are condemned to live here. We don’t have another society or spare country."
联合国的数据显示，海地的绑架案件数量从2020年开始急剧增加：2020年共报告了234起绑架案，比2019年的78起增加了200%。同年，高中生维莱娜·辛克雷的绑架和杀害事件引发了大规模抗议活动。2021年，绑架案件数量增至655起，比上一年增加了180%。联合国2022年2月的报告指出：“所有社会群体都未能幸免于难；受害者包括劳工、商人、宗教领袖、教授、医生、记者、人权活动家以及外国公民。”
U.N. figures show mass kidnappings in Haiti began rising sharply around 2020, when 234 cases were reported, up 200 per cent from 78 in 2019. The abduction and killing of high school student velyne Sincre that year led to large protests. In 2021, 655 kidnappings were reported, a 180 per cent increase from the previous year. A February 2022 U.N. report said, "No social group was spared; among the victims were labourers, traders, religious leaders, professors, medical doctors, journalists, human rights defenders and foreign citizens."
2022年报告的绑架案件数量上升至1,359起，2023年进一步增加到2,490起；联合国报告还提到：“犯罪团伙越来越多地使用假警察制服来实施绑架行为。”2024年，至少有2,058人遭到绑架。2025年，报告的绑架案件数量下降了近40%，降至1,268起，但这一数字仍在上升；实际上，由于许多绑架事件未被报告，实际发生的绑架案件数量可能远高于这一数字。
Reported kidnappings rose to 1,359 in 2022 and then to 2,490 in 2023, with a U.N. report noting that "gang members are increasingly resorting to wearing fake police uniforms to carry out kidnappings." In 2024, at least 2,058 people were reported kidnapped. In 2025, reported cases fell nearly 40 per cent to 1,268, but the numbers are rising again, and the real figure is believed to be much higher because many abductions go unreported.
总理阿利克斯·迪迪埃·菲尔斯-艾姆在近期联合国大会期间的一次会议上表示，恢复安全是首要任务。他说，今年正在培训4000名新警察，另有1500名士兵已经完成训练，未来三年还计划新增1.5万名士兵。9月底，海地国家警察还表示，已有近12名警官接受了与绑匪谈判的专业训练。菲尔斯-艾姆说：“我们正在加强国家力量，以应对安全挑战。鉴于挑战的规模，国际伙伴在安全领域的支持仍至关重要。”
Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aim, speaking at a meeting during the recent U.N. General Assembly, said restoring security was a top priority. He said 4,000 new police officers were being trained this year, while another 1,500 soldiers had already completed training, with a total of 15,000 new soldiers planned over the next three years. In late September, Haiti’s National Police also said that nearly a dozen officers had been trained to negotiate with kidnappers. "We are strengthening our national forces to meet our security challenges," Fils-Aim said. "Given the scale of the challenges, the support of our international partners for security remains essential."
周二，联合国安理会开会延长了一支获联合国支持、专门打击帮派的部队的授权。联合国驻海地支援办公室主管、助理秘书长达妮埃拉·克罗斯拉科夫说，这支部队目前有近1600人，人数很快可能翻一番。她告诉美联社：“未来三个月，相关工作将大幅提速。当然，我们所有人都希望，国际社会为应对海地危机而制定的这一方案，能够取得海地人民所希望、需要和应得的结果。”
The mandate of a U.N.-backed force against gangs was renewed on Tuesday at a U.N. Security Council meeting. The force currently has almost 1,600 personnel and that number is likely to double soon, according to Daniela Kroslak, assistant secretary-general and head of mission of the U.N. Support Office in Haiti. "Over the next three months, this will all pick up quite considerably," she told The Associated Press. "We all hope, of course, that this formula the international community has put together to face the crisis in Haiti will yield the result that the Haitian people want and need and deserve."
今年夏季，局势恶化的迹象进一步凸显：帮派势力进入太子港附近原本大体平静的农业社区肯斯科夫 Recent years. "one of biggest mass abductions in recent years." 至少164人死亡，70多人遭绑架，成为近年来规模最大的集体绑架事件之一。此后，6名儿童和7名妇女已经获救，但其他人仍被囚禁。勒库尔说，这“开创了一个极其令人担忧的先例”。
The worsening situation was underlined this summer when gangs moved into Kenscoff, a farming community near Port-au-Prince that had been largely peaceful. At least 164 people were killed and more than 70 others were kidnapped in one of the biggest mass abductions in recent years. Six children and seven women have since been freed, but the others remain captive, "creating a very concerning precedent", Le Cour said.
9月最后几天，警方在佩蒂特-里维耶尔镇抓获两名帮派成员后，该镇帮派将数百名平民扣为人质两天。拯救阿尔蒂博尼特对话、和解与认知委员会发言人贝尔蒂德·霍勒斯说，至少8人死亡、10人受伤。“人们试图逃跑，他们没有任何理由就向人们开枪，”她说，“国家需要采取更多行动。”
In the final days of September, gangs in the central town of Petite-Rivire held hundreds of civilians hostage for two days after police arrested two gang members. At least eight people were killed and 10 injured, said Bertide Horace, spokesperson for the Commission for Dialogue, Reconciliation and Awareness to Save the Artibonite. "People were trying to escape, and they shot them for no reason," she said. "The state needs to take more action."
勒库尔说，过去六至八个月，海地出现新一轮绑架潮。他说，犯罪团伙利用正式或仿制的警察制服、车辆和车牌，并指出，有指控称一些执法人员参与其中。“绑架高层目标需要情报，而这种情报通常来自勾结，”他说，并补充说，绑架高价值人质能传递政治信息、获得更高赎金，并有助于保护帮派地盘，抵御进攻。他说，最近的绑架案集中在太子港都会区：“帮派正在袭击被认为安全的区域，那些区域位于海地政治、经济和国际存在的核心。”
Le Cour said Haiti had seen a new wave of kidnappings in the past six to eight months. He said criminal groups were using official or cloned police uniforms, vehicles and number plates, and noted allegations that some law enforcement agents were involved. "It takes intelligence to kidnap high-level targets, and that intelligence usually comes from collusion," he said, adding that a high-value hostage sends a political message, brings a bigger ransom and helps protect a gang’s territory against an offensive. He said the latest abductions were concentrated in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area: "Gangs are striking zones considered safe, at the core of Haiti’s political, economic and international presence."
他还说，每一轮大规模绑架都伴随着政治断裂，包括2004年前总统让-贝特朗·阿里斯蒂德下台，以及2021年莫伊斯遇刺。“没有人是难以触及的，”勒库尔说，“这些绑架传递了一个信息：警察无法保护民众，国家本身也很脆弱。”在海地经历多年政治真空和不断加剧的暴力后，正为选举做准备，绑架案件再次上升，知名官员、专业人士和普通平民都成为目标，即便是在曾经被视为安全的地区。PTI供稿
He also said every major kidnapping wave had followed a political rupture, including the fall of former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 2004 and the assassination of Mose in 2021. "No one is out of reach," Le Cour said. "These kidnappings send a message: the police cannot protect the population, and the state itself is vulnerable." As Haiti prepares for elections after years of political vacuum and worsening violence, kidnappings are again climbing, with prominent officials, professionals and civilians among those being targeted, even in areas once seen as safe. With PTI Inputs