(28 May 2024)
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Port-au-Prince – 28 May 2024
1. Various of Eunide Majeur Montis crying at the funeral of her husband Judes Montis, a mission director killed by gang members
2. Coffin decorated with lights
3. Wide of funeral
4. SOUNDBITE (Haitian Creole) Pastor Fanes Altis:
“We know, in the name of God in heaven, in the name of the all-powerful God in heaven, that there will be justice in this country soon.”
5. Various of Judes Montis’ coffin
6. Various of coffin decorated with lights
7. Various of family members at the funeral
8. Various of photo of killed U.S. missionaries Davy and Natalie Lloyd on Montis’ coffin
9. Various of funeral procession in the street
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of people packed into a sweltering church in Haiti’s capital on Tuesday to mourn Judes Montis, a mission director killed by gang members who also fatally shot a U.S couple that worked with him.
Wails filled the crowded church during the early morning service as tears streamed down the face of Montis’ wife.
The service also honored the lives of Davy and Natalie Lloyd, a married couple in their early 20s who were with Montis when gunmen ambushed them on Thursday night as they left a youth group activity held at a local church.
Montis, 47, leaves behind a wife; two children, ages 2 and 6; and a brother who was present the night the killings occurred.
The service was held just days after the three were killed in a gang-controlled area in a northern part of Port-au-Prince where Montis worked as the local director of the Oklahoma-based Missions in Haiti, a religious organization founded by David and Alicia Lloyd, Davy Lloyd’s parents.
The organization said the U.S. embassy is working on obtaining the documents needed for the bodies of the Lloyds to be flown to the U.S., adding that it has relocated its staff and others to a safer location.
Haiti’s National Police condemned the killings in a rare statement and extended its condolences to the families of the victims, vowing to arrest those responsible.
However, it’s rare for Haitian gangs involved in high-profile kidnappings or killings to be arrested since the police department is chronically under-resourced and understaffed.
Gangs control at least 80% of Haiti’s capital, and violence continues unabated as the country awaits the U.N.-backed deployment of a Kenyan police force that once again has been delayed.
AP video shot by: Pierre Luxama
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