More than 200 prisoners were on the run in Haiti on Friday, a day after they escaped from jail in a violent breakout that left 25 people dead, including the prison director, officials said.
About 400 inmates fled from the Croix-des-Bouquets prison on Thursday, with Agence France-Presse photographs showing at least three dead bodies lying outside the prison and some captured prisoners under armed guard in the back of a truck.
“Twenty-five people died including six prisoners and Divisional Inspector Paul Hector Joseph who was in charge of the prison,” Haitian Secretary of Communication Frantz Exantus said of the mass escape from
Haiti Prison Break Leaves 25 Dead, 200 On The Run
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Hundreds of inmates escape from Haiti prison
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