Gunmen freed a US missionary a day after he was shot and abducted, and officials said 14 children and their school bus driver were released safely in a separate kidnapping.
Phillip Snyder, 48, was released on Friday after the kidnappers were paid a ransom, said Police Commissioner Francois Henri Doussous, head of Haiti's anti-kidnapping unit.
"He is alive and well," Doussous said.
Doussous said the ransom was "much less" than the US$300,000 the kidnappers first sought, but he did not specify the amount. It was not immediately clear who paid it.
The police commander said the kidnappers were members of criminal gangs in Cite Soleil, a sprawling seaside slum. Gangs there have been blamed for kidnappings that have terrorized the capital in recent months.
Snyder was being treated for his wound at a UN military hospital near Cite Soleil. The president of Zeeland, Michigan-based Glow Ministries International, Snyder was seized on Thursday on the main road leading north from the Haitian capital. He was said to have been going to the US Consulate to help a boy get a medical visa so he could have eye surgery.
In a separate incident, gunmen kidnapped 14 children and their bus driver as they rode to school on Thursday and released them unharmed hours later, police said.
The spate of kidnappings highlight the chaos and violence engulfing the country as it prepares for a return to democracy, with elections scheduled for Jan. 8.
Gangs allegedly close to ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide frequently skirmish with UN peacekeepers striving for control of the Cite Soleil slum in the capital.
Doussous said the kidnappings were to raise money to buy more ammunition and were not politically motivated.
"This is purely criminal activity," said Doussous. "The gangs need money."
It was near Cite Soleil that Snyder was ambushed by gangs who fired at least two rounds through the windshield of his car.
Police had feared that the 14 children, aged 5-17, and their school bus driver would also be brought to Cite Soleil after they were kidnapped. But officers erected road blocks to prevent that, Doussous said. No arrests were made, he said.
The kidnapped missionary's wife, Amber Snyder, 38, said the Red Cross was able to examine her husband in captivity. Both she and Doussous spoke to the him by phone during his ordeal.
Snyder visits Haiti about one-third to one-half of the school year, his wife said.
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