Haiti drug gang causes mass prison break-out, former ministers recaptured

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PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) - An armed gang stormed Haiti's main prison and
freed hundreds of prisoners including two jailed former government
ministers in a bid to release drug traffickers, a Haitian government
source said, adding that a number of detainees had already been
recaptured.

According to initial investigations the strike, which freed a total of
359 detainees and left a prison guard dead, "was carried out by a
group trying to release prisoners for money," according to the source,
a member of the entourage of interim President Boniface Alexandre.

Yvon Neptune et Jocelerme Privert, former prime minister and interior
minister in the regime of ex-president Jean Bertrand Aristide, took
advantage of the chaos to escape from the national penitentiary, along
with more than 350 other prisoners, the source said, speaking on
condition of anonymity.

But the two were subsequently recaptured after calling several
embassies to request political asylum, enabling police to trace them,
the official said.

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[Ralounews]

1. Don't Buy that "Drug Gang" Label

They're calling everyone fighting the coup leaders 'gangs'. But they're not all gangs. A lot of them would simply like their democratically-elected President back. The one we kidnapped and replaced with death squads, torturers, and occupying armies.