"My father, engineer Balthazar Laguerre, worked at the National Equipment Center (CNE). He is also a mathematics teacher at the National High School of Pétion-Ville. On Monday, July 22, 2024, armed individuals came to our home in Gressier and kidnapped my father. Since then, we have had no news of him," recounts Vellie Laguerre, daughter of engineer Laguerre, to Le Nouvelliste.

Devastated and her voice trembling, Vellie Laguerre reveals that her family has been living in indescribable anxiety for over two months.