According to BBC News, a local journalist told the BBC that the vast majority of about 4000 men have escaped. The gang members accused of being involved in President Jovenel Moïse’s 2021 assassination were among those in custody.
The poorest nation in the Americas, Haiti, has seen an increase in violence in recent years. 80% of Port-au-Prince is controlled by gangs that want to remove Prime Minister Ariel Henry.
The Haiti Prime Minister visited Nairobi on Thursday to talk about dispatching a multinational security force to Haiti under Kenyan leadership, which sparked the most recent wave of violence. President William Ruto of Kenya announced on Friday that he and Mr. Henry had reached a deal and were attempting to expedite the deployment.
The assassination of President Moïse in 2021 has resulted in widespread violence. Elections have not been held since 2016 and he has not been replaced. Elections were scheduled as part of an agreement, and Mr. Henry, who was not elected, was supposed to resign by February 7th, but that didn’t happen.
Unrest in Port-au-Prince has intensified since he departed for Kenya, with gang boss Jimmy Chérizier (also known as “Barbecue”) announcing a planned coup to remove the prime minister.
“We are all together, the armed groups in the capital and the armed groups in the province towns,” declared the ex-policeman, who is believed to be responsible for multiple atrocities in Port-au-Prince.
By Ieuan, Yr9
Carre’s Grammar School, Sleaford
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Very good article Ieuan!!!