Trinidad and Haiti in list of 35 countries with high risk of kidnapping - US State Dept

Can you believe this? An American woman and her tour guide get kidnapped in Uganda, Africa, suddenly Haiti is in a list of countries not to visit because high kidnapping rates.

Clifford Brandt in Handcuffs, Arrested and Convicted for Kidnapping in Haiti

When was the last time you heard of a kidnapping that took place in Haiti? I live in Haiti and I haven't heard this in quite some time.

The US State Department warns Americans of a high kidnapping risk in 35 nations and Haiti is in that list, and one other country in the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago.

Read more from cnn.com

High-threat countries including Uganda, and of course, Haiti, will now be labeled with a "K" in order to "communicate more clearly to US citizens the risks of kidnapping and hostage taking by criminal and terrorist actors around the world," the department said Tuesday.

Hmmm... Adjeeeee!!!!

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