One Canadian and 16 Americans from CAM had been visiting an orphanage when their bus was hijacked on Saturday outside the capital Port-au-Prince, according to accounts by other missionaries.

According to its annual report, much of CAM’s work in Haiti is in La Source, far west of the capital, and in Titanyen, on the northern outskirts of Port-au-Prince. Its work in Haiti includes operating clinics, supporting orphans and providing jobs on community projects for Haitians.

In 2019, it emerged that an employee for the Christian group had molested children while working for the organization in Haiti, and that CAM managers had known for years.

CAM said in a May 2020 statement that it had settled out of court a civil case brought against the group in Haiti.

Haiti saw its already precarious security situation deteriorate following the July assassination of President Jovenel Moise. In August, the U.S. State Department issued a “do not travel” advisory for Haiti.

A large number of migrants from the longtroubled country arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border last month, only to be met with a wave of deportations.