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The
request for provisional release filed by ten American Baptists continue
in Haiti for abduction was released yesterday, said their lawyer Edwin
Coq.
"The
judge did not accept the request for provisional release," said Mr.
Cock, leaving the prosecutor's office where the ten Americans were held
all day yesterday. "The judge
has issued two mandates for deposits, one for the group of five men who
are incarcerated in the national penitentiary, one for five women who
will be held at the prison for women in Petion-Ville," has detailed the lawyer.
Ten Baptist
missionaries,were charged Thursday of "abduction of minors and criminal
conspiracy" and should be tried in Haiti.
The National Penitentiary is the
main prison of Port-au-Prince, where much of the 4,000 inmates escaped,
taking advantage of the earthquake on January 12. The
hearing of inmates will continue next week, "said Mr. Cock.
