Yesterday evening, police officers tried to “repel an attack by criminal groups on the National Prison and the Croix des Bouquets prison. “Prisoners and staff were injured in the attack on these prisons,” reported the Haitian government, which denounced “in the strongest possible terms the cruelty of the prisons.” and who do not shy away from executing civilians and burning and looting public and private property.”
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According to a statement sent to AFP, the French embassy in Haiti had reported the attack earlier and called for caution and to avoid displacement.
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Among the escaped prisoners were “important members of very powerful groups,” the Gazette d'Haïti newspaper reported.
The prison, located just a few blocks from the National Palace, held common criminals, group leaders and people accused of the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, the newspaper Le Nouvelliste reported, adding that the perpetrators of the attack Prisoners have been spying on prison using drones since last Thursday.