Haiti has declared a 72-hour state of emergency after armed gangs stormed the country's largest prison and freed around 3,700 inmates. At least 12 people were killed during the jailbreak from the ...

The government of Haiti declared a 72-hour state of emergency on Sunday after armed gangs stormed a major Port-au-Prince prison. At least 12 people were killed and about 3,700 inmates escaped in the ...

Few people remained in the biggest prison in Haiti’s captial after attack by gang members allowed thousands to escape – Copyright AFP Luckenson JEAN At least a ...

Haiti government's said Sunday that two prisons, one in the capital of Port-au-Prince and another in nearby Croix-des-Bouquets, were overrun by gang members over the weekend, according to multiple ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

Armed gangs in Haiti's capital released roughly 4,000 inmates from the country's largest prison after a days-long gun battle with police on Sunday. The vast majority of the 4,000 men held in the ...

The "royal family" and two straw gun purchasers of the largest Haitian gang all pleaded guilty or were sentenced in the U.S. over the last six weeks as part of a federal case that may have set the ...

Clashes between drug gangs claimed at least 17 lives at an Ecuadoran prison, with rampaging inmates beheading and maiming ...