据该部称，上月在海地被绑架的两名基督教传教士已经获释。
美国大使馆的一位消息人士上个月告诉美国广播公司新闻，10月16日，包括17名传教士在内的19人在一次机场运行中被一个海地团伙绑架。
这些传教士所属的总部设在俄亥俄州的基督教援助部周日在一份声明中宣布，两名人质已被释放，“他们很安全，精神状况良好，正在接受照顾。”
“我们欢迎关于在海地被扣为人质的两个人已经获释的报道。我们目前没有进一步的评论，”一名白宫官员告诉美国广播公司新闻。
海地国家警察也向美国广播公司证实了两名人质的获释。
根据声明，外交部无法提供被释放者的姓名、释放原因或目前所在地点。没有提供关于其余人质的进一步细节。
声明中写道:“我们鼓励你们继续祈祷这种情况得到彻底解决。“虽然我们为这次释放感到高兴，但我们的心与仍被关押的15人在一起。继续在主面前举起剩下的人质。”
美国大使馆消息人士上个月说，海地政府怀疑名为400马沃佐的团伙应对绑架事件负责。该机构告诉美国广播公司新闻，联邦调查局于10月18日与400 Mawozoa号船联系，并正在协助谈判。
马蒂亚斯·德拉克洛瓦/美联社，档案
海地提坦延的基督教援助部外的牌子，上面有17名成员
据该部称，该组织包括16名美国人和一名加拿大人，在前往孤儿院的途中被绑架。海地警察督察弗朗茨·香槟告诉记者美联社400名马沃佐团伙在太子港以东约17英里的甘泰尔绑架了该组织。
该国正在经历与帮派有关的绑架事件的增加，许多人要求赎金，这在7月7日总统约韦内尔·莫伊塞遇刺和8月14日造成2200多人死亡的7.2级地震后停滞不前。
美国国务院发出警告8月份关于海地绑架的风险。据美联社报道，海地官员表示，该团伙要求每人100万美元，但尚不清楚这一要求是否包括儿童。
据美联社报道，400名马沃佐还因今年早些时候绑架五名牧师和两名修女而受到指责。
2 missionaries kidnapped in Haiti released, ministry says
Two of the Christian missionaries who were kidnapped in Haiti last month have been released, according to the ministry.
Nineteen people -- including 17 missionaries, five of them children -- were kidnapped by a Haitian gang on Oct. 16 during an airport run, a source at the U.S. embassy told ABC News last month.
The Ohio-based ministry the missionaries are affiliated with, Christian Aid Ministries, announced in a statement Sunday that two of the hostages have been released and "are safe, in good spirits, and being cared for."
"We welcome reports that two individuals held hostage in Haiti have been released. We do not have further comment at this time," a White House official told ABC News.
The Haitian National Police also confirmed the release of the two hostages to ABC News.
The ministry could not provide the names of those released, the reasons for their release or their current location, according to the statement. Further details about the remaining hostages were not provided.
"We encourage you to continue to pray for the full resolution of this situation," the statement read. "While we rejoice at this release, our hearts are with the fifteen people who are still being held. Continue to lift up the remaining hostages before the Lord."
The Haitian government suspects the gang known as 400 Mawozo to be responsible for the abductions, the source at the U.S. embassy said last month. The FBI made contact with the 400 Mawozoa on Oct. 18 and was assisting in negotiations, the agency told ABC News.
The group, which included 16 Americans and one Canadian, was abducted while on a trip to an orphanage, according to the ministry. Haitian police inspector Frantz Champagne toldThe Associated Pressthat the 400 Mawozo gang kidnapped the group while they were in Ganthier, about 17 miles east of Port Au Prince.
The country is experiencing a rise in gang-related kidnappings, many demanding ransom, which stalled after the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse on July 7 and a 7.2-magnitude earthquake on Aug. 14 that killed more than 2,200 people.
The U.S. State Departmentissued a warningin August about the risk of kidnapping for random in Haiti. Haitian officials said the gang was demanding $1 million per head, but it is not clear if that demand included the children, the AP reported.
The 400 Mawozo has also been blamed for kidnapping five priests and two nuns earlier this year, according to the AP.
