Christian aid group nurse and her daughter kidnapped in Haiti

American nurse Alix Dorsenville was reportedly abducted from El Roy Haiti

An American nurse and her child were abducted in Haiti, A Christian relief group said on Saturday, days after the US government ordered its non-essential personnel to leave the impoverished Caribbean country due to rising instability.

Alix Dorsenville and her child were abducted on Thursday morning near the capital Haiti Port-au-Prince, El Roi Haiti, an aid group, said in a statement on its website.

She is the wife of the group's director, a Haitian, and the mother and child were taken from El Roi's campus «during service in our public ministry.”

“Alix is ​​a deeply compassionate and loving individual who considers Haiti his home and the Haitians his friends and family,” said El Roy.

«Alix has worked tirelessly as our school and community nurse to ease the suffering of those who are suffering as she loves and serves the people of Haiti in the name of Jesus.»

The abduction came after the US State Department on Thursday published a travel update stating that Americans in Haiti should leave Haiti «as soon as possible… in light of the current security situation and infrastructure issues.»

Alix Dorsenville and her husband and El Roi Haiti director Sandro Dorsenville

The US government is «extremely limited in its ability» to help Americans in the country who may need emergency assistance, the report said, warning that «kidnapping is widespread.»

Washington has also ordered its non-essential personnel and families of government employees to leave Haiti, one of the poorest countries in the world. a world that has experienced a worsening humanitarian, political and security crisis.

Gangs control most of the capital and terrorize the population with kidnappings, rapes and murders.

The State Department said on Saturday it became two citizens are known to have been abducted in Haiti.

«We are in constant contact with the Haitian authorities and will continue to work with them and our interagency partners in the US government,» the spokesman said.