Local reports say that at least 12 people were killed and some 3,700 inmates escaped in the jailbreak. The prisons were stormed over the weekend, include a major facility in the capital and another in nearby Croix des Bouquet.’

About 80% of Port-au-Prince is already said to be under the control of the gangs, and the prison assaults started with armed groups staging a distraction by attacking police stations. The attack on the police stations then immediately followed with a coordinated assault on the prisons.

Reporters have in the aftermath witnessed bodies with bullet holes strewn about the prisons. According to the BBC, “Haiti’s police union had asked the military to help reinforce the capital’s main prison, but the compound was stormed late on Saturday.”

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