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Laura Silsby, the leader of 10 U.S. Baptist missionaries facing kidnapping charges in Haiti, is no stranger to legal and financial troubles.
The 40-year-old Idaho businesswoman convinced members of Idaho's Central Valley Baptist Church to follow her dream of building an orphanage in the Dominican Republic for Haitian children. But her other business and personal ventures reveal a checkered history...
...The Dominican consul in Haiti, Carlos Castillo, told the AP on Thursday that the day the Americans departed for the border, Silsby visited him and said she had a document from Dominican migration officials authorizing her to take the children from Haiti.
Castillo said he warned Silsby that if she lacked adoption papers signed by the appropriate Haitian officials her mission would be considered child trafficking. "We were very specific," he said.
Laura Silsby, the leader of 10 U.S. Baptist missionaries facing kidnapping charges in Haiti, is no stranger to legal and financial troubles.
From: Cheryl Mills
To: Hillary Clinton
Date: 2010-02-17 13:54
Subject: STATEMENT FOR "AFTER" FLIGHT GOES WHEELS UP
UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2014-20439 Doc No. C05767239 Date: 08/31/2015
RELEASE IN PART
B5,B6
From: Mills, Cheryl D <MillsCD@state.gov >
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 8:54 PM
To:
Subject: Fw: Statement for *after* flight goes wheels up
Fyi
From: Klevorick, Caitlin B
To: Mills, Cheryl D
Cc: Merten, Kenneth H; Kennedy, Patrick F
Sent: Wed Feb 17 20:29:47 2010
Subject: RE: Statement for *after* flight goes wheels up
It is being reported that she (Coulter) was in Haiti before with Silsby:
(From AFP: Judge Bernard Saint-vil, who is handling the case, allowed them to leave the country without bail, according to their
lawyer Aviol Fleurant. But Saint-vil wants to question two other missionaries -- group leader Laura Silsby and her confidante Charisa
Coulter -- "because they were in Haiti before the earthquake," Fleurant added.)
Also note:
From: Klevorick, Caitlin B
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 8:23 PM
To: Mills, Cheryl D
Cc: Merten, Kenneth H; Kennedy, Patrick F
Subject: RE: Statement for *after* flight goes wheels up
Media is reporting that she was Silsby's nanny and was involved in organizing the trip. Unclear at moment if they think she was down
there before with Silsby.
From: Mills, Cheryl D
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 8:22 PM
To: Klevorick, Caitlin B
Cc: Merten, Kenneth H; Kennedy, Patrick F
Subject: Re: Statement for *after* flight goes wheels up
What is purported role of this other individ such that he/she was not released?
From: Klevorick, Caitlin B
To: Mills, Cheryl D
Cc: Merten, Kenneth H; Kennedy, Patrick F
Sent: Wed Feb 17 20:16:37 2010
Subject: RE: Statement for *after* flight goes wheels up
Charisa Coulter
Per CA: It was unclear if they still faced charges of child abduction and criminal conspiracy, which can carry prison terms
of up to 15 years.
UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2014-20439 Doc No. C05767239 Date: 08/31/2015
From: Mills, Cheryl D
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 8:16 PM
To: Klevorick, Caitlin B
Cc: Merten, Kenneth H; Kennedy, Patrick F
Subject: Re: Statement for *after* flight goes wheels up
Who besides laura is being held back?
From: Klevorick, Caitlin B
To: Crowley, Philip 3; Reines, Philippe I; Toner, Mark C
Cc: Merten, Kenneth H; Mills, Cheryl D; Kennedy, Patrick F
Sent: Wed Feb 17 19:50:10 2010
Subject: Statement for *after* flight goes wheels up
All-
Below is the statement for spox to release for after the flight goes wheels up. I will let you know when that happens. We anticipate
around 8:30pm. CA has reached out to HHS who will be receiving the plane and they will help keep media away from the AmCits and
facilitate entry. Once they arrive in Miami it is up to them to get to their destination.
Thanks,
Caitlin
Today, the Haitian judge released eight of the ten American citizens and they have departed Haiti for the United
States. Two members of the group are being detained in Haiti to answer further questions, as the investigation is
ongoing. The United State Government respects the sovereign right of the Government of Haiti to conduct its
own judicial processes. The United States Embassy in Port au Prince has been providing the detained
Americans with consular visits and assistance to ensure that they are safe and receiving necessary care. Haitian
authorities have been cooperative in ensuring the individuals' safety and welfare since their arrest and we have
every expectation this will continue.
o
Caitlin Klevorick
Office of the Counselor
Department of State KlevorickCB@state.gov
202.647.6115
(blackberry)
From: Huma Abedin
To: Hillary Clinton
Date: 2010-05-12 10:35
Subject: (AP) HAITI PROSECUTORS URGE PRISON FOR US MISSIONARY
UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2014-20439 Doc No. C05770420 Date: 08/31/2015
RELEASE IN FULL
From: Abedin, Huma <AbedinH@state.gov>
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 5:35 PM
To: H
Subject Fw: (AP) Haiti prosecutors urge prison for U.S. missionary
From: Morris, James M
To: NEWS-WHA; NEWS-Mahogany; NEWS-CA
Cc: SES-O_Shift-III
Sent: Thu May 13 17:21:58 2010
Subject: (AP) Haiti prosecutors urge prison for U.S. missionary
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) - Prosecutors say a U.S. missionary should spend 6 months in prison for trying to take 33 children
out of the country following the January 12 earthquake. Prosecutor Sonel Jean-Francois told a court it is clear Laura
Silsby knew she had broken Haitian law. The prosecutor spoke after the Idaho woman testified on the first day of her
trial.
In January 2010, an earthquake in Haiti left hundreds of thousands of people dead, injured, and displaced, and over a million homeless.
1 Three weeks after the earthquake, Haitian authorities arrested a group of Idaho missionaries for attempting to cross the border into the Dominican Republic with 33 children, without papers or proper authorization.
2 The missionaries claimed they had the good intentions to set up an orphanage,
3 but investigations showed that none of the children were orphans and that the missionaries may have been attempting to smuggle the children out of Haiti to be adopted internationally....
FYI: I do this because too many don't even bother looking at what evidence is supplied before attempting to debate any of it.
Last edited by Three Wolves In Snow; 11-03-2016 at 06:23 PM..
So I tried to read that source--whatever it is, but, frankly, this conspiracy theory is simply too complicated to even follow, forget giving any credence to it. This one should be saved for the Trump Alt-Right TV Network's 'Conspiracy Theater.'
Sounds really, really desperate.
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