A Florida couple is reportedly being held ransom after being kidnapped in Haiti

A Florida couple visiting Port-au-Prince, Haiti are being held at ransom after being abducted, according to family members.

Jean d*ckens Toussaint and Abigail Toussaint, both 33-years-old, were reportedly abducted on a bus on March 18 while on a visit to see ailing relatives and attend a local festival.



The U.S. citizen's abductors allegedly demanded $6,000 for the couple’s release, family members told ABC Miami. After family members paid the ransom, the abductors upped the ransom to $200,000 each, family members said.

"We don’t have that type of money," Jean d*ckens Toussaint’s sister, Nikese Toussaint, told ABC Miami.

A family friend who met the couple at the airport to escort them was also kidnaped, a niece of the couple told ABC Miami.

"They stopped the bus at a stop, and they asked for the Americans on the bus and their escorts to come off the bus, and then they took them," she said.

The U.S State Department said that they are aware of reports of American citizens missing in Haiti and shared that the department will work with local authorities to search for the missing couple.

"We are aware of reports of two U.S. citizens missing in Haiti," the State Department spokesperson said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "When a U.S. citizen is missing, we work closely with local authorities as they carry out their search efforts, and we share information with families however we can."

The US state department advises Americans not to travel to Haiti "due to kidnappings, crime, and civil unrest"

Haiti is once again struggling with a spike in gang-related kidnappings that had diminished after President Jovenel Moïse was fatally shot at his private residence on July 7, and following a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck southwest Haiti in August and k*lled more than 2,200 people.



Gangs have grown in strength and have demanded ransoms ranging from a couple of hundred dollars to more than $1 million, according to authorities.

The security situation has devolved further in recent months with routine gun f*ghts between police officers and the gangs. Bloody turf battles have left hundreds dead and thousands displaced.

Seventeen missionaries from the United States and Canada were taken hostage and held for ransom in 2021 while on a trip to Haiti organized by the Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries. The group said ransom money was paid for the release of the captives, but a dozen had escaped on their own.

Haiti's national police did not immediately respond to Fox News' Digital's request for comment.

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That's wild.. Nothing else the family can really do at this point except hope our government can get them back. But the fact they then upped the ransom after the initial payment.. Not good.. Not good at all

Damn…..I wish for their safety. I’m more concerned about the woman tho.

They went from 6k to 200k.

n*ggas need to learn how to negotiate.

Haiti is a sh*thole.

Someone get Wyclef on the phone, or Haitian Tupac

Other than that...

Hopefully things work out.

Negusis said They went from 6k to 200k. n*ggas need to learn how to negotiate.

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real sh*thole country although its the west fault sometime you have to clean up your own backyard

but sh*t la gang members told n*ggas to check in

Witness102 said Haiti is a sh*thole.

The only reason why I quote this is because it's true and I got Haitians in my family but don't say sh*thole cause that sh*thole does have a beautiful side to her

Kodak or someone like that may be their best bet at this point. Get him on the phone to negotiate.

Negusis said They went from 6k to 200k. n*ggas need to learn how to negotiate.

99% of Americans don't have 200g's..sh*t, 99% of Americans don't have 6g's

Guess people think all Americans are rich

sh*t hope it works out

Crazy damn shame

Can’t even go back to your family and sh*t

This the sh*t us non FBA tethers gotta deal with

Ancestrally maybe African or Caribbean

But culturally and upbringing wise we American

And our people back home may take Advantage of that

Negusis said They went from 6k to 200k. n*ggas need to learn how to negotiate.

Negotiate?

The kidnappers likely have no idea the percentages of black Americans who have 200-400k in liquid cash to even honor that demand. These are Haitian kidnappers from the slums, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they had the crazy notion that “everyone must be rich” in America.

In their minds they probably saw how quickly they was able to get 6k together and a*sumed they must have much more.

RIP….America can’t keep giving in to terrorist demands

SeanDon122 said That's wild.. Nothing else the family can really do at this point except hope our government can get them back. But the fact they then upped the ransom after the initial payment.. Not good.. Not good at all

They’re clearly black. Government ain’t going to save anything.

Hold That said Negotiate? The kidnappers likely have no idea the percentages of black Americans who have 200-400k in liquid cash to even honor that demand. In their minds they probably saw how quickly they was able to get 6k together and a*sumed they must have much more.

n*ggas went from a used '99 Civic to a Lamborghini Huracan

They need all that so they can get missing, that’s why the price went up so drastically. Them people are dead….

I know they Y.S. Citizen but judging by their names they are Haitian. There’s a lil more to it .

SeanDon122 said That's wild.. Nothing else the family can really do at this point except hope our government can get them back. But the fact they then upped the ransom after the initial payment.. Not good.. Not good at all

Yea that sh*t was no good at all, wtf

the department will work with local authorities to search for the missing couple.

its a wrap. aint no damn "local authorities" in that sh*thole.

You dont have 6k to save two family members?!??!!?


On the other hand if you messing with my fam I am going John Wick on your a*s once you release them safely and IF I find out who you are




EDIT: i'm a dumbass, I didnt even read past the first 6k the first time around ........

Kidnappers had a Austin Powers moment with that 6,000

n*ggas need to stop going to those sh*t hole countries.