San Juan, Puerto RicoAP —
Armed men in Haiti have kidnapped James Boyard, cabinet director of the Defense Ministry and a highly respected security expert who also serves as inspector general of Haiti’s police, a person with the knowledge of the situation said Saturday.
He is the highest-ranking official to be kidnapped in the gang-wracked Caribbean country in recent years.
A person with knowledge of the situation who was not authorized to speak publicly about the case confirmed the kidnapping to The Associated Press on Saturday.
Local media reported that Boyard was seized Thursday in Bourdon, one of the few areas in Port-au-Prince…