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US mother, daughter, kidnapped in Haiti, people warned not to travel there

APTOPIX Haiti US Kidnapped Missionaries
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A woman from New Hampshire who works for a nonprofit organization in Haiti and her young daughter have been reported as kidnapped as the U.S. State Department issued a "do not travel advisory" in the country and ordered non-emergency personnel to leave there.

El Roi Haiti, which runs a school and ministry in Port au Prince, says Alix Dorainvil, a nurse, and her daughter were taken Thursday from campus.

Dorsainvil is the wife of program director Sandro Dorsainvil.

A State Department spokesperson said in a statement it is "aware of reports of the kidnapping of two U.S. citizens in Haiti. The department is in regular contact with Haitian authorities.