The Haiti National Police is increasingly being outmatched by rival armed gangs that have expanded their reach beyond Port-au-Prince, the capital. Detainees have escaped from another prison in Haiti.

Haiti’s government declared a state of emergency on Sunday after thousands of inmates apparently escaped from its largest prison during a surge of gang violence that has upended the Caribbean nation ...

First, armed groups attacked Haiti’s largest prison and orchestrated a jailbreak of nearly 4,000 inmates, many of them murderers, kidnappers and gang leaders. Now the country’s National Penitentiary ...

Washington, D.C.- Joly Germine, the self-proclaimed “king” of Haiti’s violent 400 Mawozo gang, was sentenced to life in ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s ...

Officials in Haiti on Aug.12 announced that police have re-captured Clifford Brandt, a disgraced businessman who seems to have been the intended beneficiary of an armed prison break two days earlier.

Haiti’s national penitentiary is on fire after a blaze broke out in the building on Thursday morning, according to Reuters. A video posted to social media reportedly showed black smoke coming out of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Hundreds of ...

Most of the hostages were held at gunpoint for 62 days. They won their freedom after a $350,000 ransom was paid.

A man alleged to be the founder and leader of a Haitian gang has been sentenced to life in prison for orchestrating the 2021 ...

Detainees have escaped from another prison in Haiti. The latest prison break occurred north of the capital in the city of St. Marc, where the local business community has been calling for police ...