Release of the ONAPÉ Director after Two Months in Captivity

The General Director of the National Office of Partnership in Education (ONAPÉ), Stéphanie Paultre, was released Saturday evening along with her driver and two security agents, after two months of captivity since her abduction on September 7, 2026, in Artibonite. More than 400,000 US dollars are reported to have already been paid in ransom. As for the lawyer Caleb Jean-Baptiste, who was kidnapped at the same time as the aforementioned victims, he remains in the hands of his captors.<\/p>