MONTREAL (CP) - Huguette Goulet, a Montreal woman who was taken hostage in Haiti last weekend and freed on Wednesday, returned home Saturday.
Kidnapped Sunday in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince and released 78 hours later, Goulet, 65, arrived Saturday afternoon at Montreal's Trudeau Airport.

A clearly rattled Goulet spoke briefly to reporters after arriving at Trudeau International Airport.

"It is too difficult for me for me to get my thoughts in order to tell you what I am thinking," said Goulet.

Goulet simply thanked all those who helped with her release, including the Quebec and Canadian governments.

"I want express my affection to all those who helped, who allowed me to get out of that hell."

A ransom of $300,000 US was reported to have been demanded for her release but officials would not confirm or deny any money was paid.

Canadian diplomats were involved but did not participate in any direct talks with the hostage-takers.

Goulet ran an Internet and long-distance phone service with her husband, Dugue Jean-Louis, and an associate in Haiti.

The business, MLN Technologies, is incorporated in Canada but Goulet and Jean-Louis travel regularly to Haiti to run it from an addition to their home there.

Goulet also teaches computer science courses and promotes solar and wind energy, giving speeches and demonstrations in Port-au-Prince and elsewhere.