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Amid the unrest in Haiti since 2018, armed gangs stormed Haiti 's two largest prisons in March 2024, resulting in more than 4,700 inmates escaping. The gangs demanded that prime minister Ariel Henry resign, attacking and closing Toussaint Louverture International Airport and preventing Henry from entering the country.
Nearly all the inmates in Haiti’s national penitentiary — which housed about 4,000 people — reportedly escaped Saturday, and three people were found fatally shot outside the prison. The ...
Haiti National Police. Federal prosecutors are seeking a life sentence for the leader of a notorious Haitian gang who has pleaded guilty to facilitating the purchase and smuggling of high-powered ...
t. e. The 400 Mawozo gang is the largest gang in Haiti, mainly based in Ganthier and in c's Tabarre and Pétion-Ville. It largely consists of deportees, former leaders of opposition groups, former smugglers and police officers. In 2022, it aligned itself with "G-Pep" after its leader was extradited to the United States. [1]
The National Penitentiary in downtown Port-au-Prince is Haiti’s most overcrowded prison. It was designed for 1,300 inmates, but had 3,696 prisoners before the prison break.
A riot began at the prison in Croix-des-Bouquets, a commune in the Ouest department of Haiti. More than 400 prisoners escaped during the jailbreak. During the fight, eight people died at the scene, including Paul Hector Joseph, the prison's director. After escaping, a number of fugitives opened fire in the streets, killing several civilians in ...
Hundreds of inmates have fled Haiti’s main prison after armed gangs stormed the facility overnight. Before Saturday’s attacks, Haiti’s prisons held 11,940 inmates, and most of the facilities ...
When Venezuela stopped shipping oil to Haiti in March 2018, this led to fuel shortages. With the removal of government subsidies in July, kerosene prices went up over 50 percent, with similarly steep hikes on other fossil fuels. [31] These rises in taxes on gasoline, diesel, and kerosene that went into effect on 7 July 2018 brought Haitians ...