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.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -A prison break in the Haitian city of Saint-Marc left 12 inmates dead on Friday, Mayor Myriam Fievre said, the third such incident in Haiti in recent months amid a protracted ...

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.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Police in Haiti say inmates have broken out of a prison in the central coastal town of Saint-Marc as authorities in the country struggle to quell widespread gang violence.

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 ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Inmates broke out of a prison in the coastal town of Saint-Marc in central Haiti on Friday, police said, as authorities in the country struggle to quell widespread gang ...