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Earlier this month, YourFellowArab, or Arab for short, tweeted that he was going on a trip to an unspecified location, implying that there's a possibility that he would be endangering his life. Visiting a foreign country to shoot videos isn't uncommon. After a couple of weeks, news outlets and streamers close to Arab, like Lalem, confirmed that the YouTuber had been taken hostage by a gang in Haiti for over two weeks now.
According to a Haiti24 report translated by Dexerto, Arab and his companion were seized by the 400 Mawozo gang, the largest active criminal group in Haiti. The gang is also demanding a $600,000 ransom to release the two hostages, with $40,000 reportedly already paid. As of writing, both the US and Haitian governments have yet to address the matter.
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