(AP) — Armed men in Haiti have kidnapped James Boyard, cabinet director of the Defense Ministry and a highly respected security expert who also serves as inspector general of Haiti’s police, a person with the knowledge of the situation told the Associated Press on Saturday.He is the highest-ranking official to be kidnapped in the gang-wracked Caribbean country in recent years.The person with knowledge of the situation was not authorized to speak publicly about the case.

Armed men in Haiti have kidnapped James Boyard, the cabinet director of the Defense Ministry and inspector general of Haiti’s police.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Armed men in Haiti have kidnapped James Boyard, cabinet director of the Defense Ministry and a highly respected security expert who also serves as