2024-03-13 05:02:30
Armed gangs attacked two of the largest prisons in the country: La Capitale and Croix des Bouquets, leaving dozens dead.
The Government of Haiti decreed State of Emergency and curfew night in Port-au-Prince, after Criminal gangs will release 3,500 prisoners from prisons and they will leave dozens of dead in their wake.
Through a statement, the Executive indicated that in order to “restore order and take appropriate measures to regain control of the situation.”the curfew will be in effect until Wednesday, March 6 from 6:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.
“Law enforcement agencies have been mandated to use all legal means at their disposal to ensure that Respect the ceasefire and arrest violators“added the note signed by Patrick Michel Boivert, prime minister of the country.
The measure was taken due to “the degradation of security, especially in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince.”characterized by increasingly violent criminal acts perpetrated by armed gangs that cause massive population displacements, and consisting above all of kidnappings and murders of peaceful citizens, violence against women and children, looting and theft of public and private property,” the Government indicated.
Armed confrontation in two prisons
According to authorities, Armed gangs attacked two of the largest prisons in the country: La Capitale and Croix des Bouquets.
“They caused dozens of deaths and injuries in the ranks of the Police and prison staff, in addition to the escape of dangerous prisoners and acts of vandalism in those places,” actions that “endanger national security,” they added.
International media assured that The objective of violent groups would be to increase their power before the arrival in Haiti of the multinational security support mission that Kenya will lead.
This, after both countries signed an agreement in Nairobi to allow the deployment of a thousand police officers, within the framework of a security support mission that Kenyans will lead and which the UN approved last year.