 On 5 February , ten Baptist missionaries from Idaho led by Laura Silsby were charged with criminal association and kidnapping for trying to smuggle 33 children out of Haiti . The missionaries claimed they were rescuing orphaned children but investigations revealed that more than 20 of the children had been taken from their parents after they were told the children would have a better life in America . In an interview , the United States Ambassador to Haiti Kenneth Merten , stated that the US justice system would not interfere and that " the Haitian justice system will do what it has to do . " By 9 March 2010 , all but Silsby were deported and she remained incarcerated . 
 On 5 February , ten Baptist missionaries from Idaho led by Laura Silsby <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> charged with criminal association and kidnapping for trying to smuggle 33 children out of Haiti . The missionaries claimed they <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>were</mark></a> rescuing orphaned children but investigations revealed that more than 20 of the children <a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>had</mark></a> been taken from their parents after they <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>were</mark></a> told the children would have a better life in America . In an interview , the United States Ambassador to Haiti Kenneth Merten , stated that the US justice system would not interfere and that " the Haitian justice system will do what it <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>has</mark></a> to do . " By 9 March 2010 , all but Silsby <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>were</mark></a> deported and she remained incarcerated . 
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