RT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, June 15 (AP) -- Five soccer players for...

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RT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, June 15 (AP) Â-- Five soccer players for Haiti's World Cup-bound national youth team who mysteriously disappeared during a stopover in New York returned home to Haiti on Friday, the government said as it announced an investigation into what had happened.

Haitian Sports Minister Fritz Belisaire did not say whether the five were being punished.

On the team of 18, they were among 13 who briefly vanished.

Five different players flew from Haiti to New York on Thursday to join the rest of the team, Felix Augustin, the Haitian consul general, told The Associated Press.

The team arrived Friday in South Korea to play an exhibition tournament ahead of the World Cup.

The team members, all of whom are under 17, missed their original flight on Wednesday when the 13 players disappeared during an overnight stopover in New York. The

Posted March 29 2023 at 3:39 PM

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