The government of Haiti declared a 72-hour state of emergency on Sunday after armed gangs stormed a major Port-au-Prince prison, leading to the killing of at least 12 people and the escape of about 4,000 inmates.
Gang leaders said they want to force the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who is currently abroad.
The groups aiming to oust him control about 80% of Port-au-Prince.
Violent gang wars have killed thousands in the country since 2020.
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Whats the big whoop?? They need " com-air"
Whats the big whoop?? They need " com-air"
The United Nations spends billions to poor countries. WHY? This only creates more people to feed and social unrest years latter! Yes, population is directly due to poverty and over population! The poorer a nation is the high level of births there are because the lack of affordable birth control methods. We see this flood of these people will overtake the greater nations. STOP UN NOW!
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Haiti had 1000s of people in jail who aint been to trial or seen a judge lawyer or anything in years who deserved to to be free if not at least a trial.
Draw monsta cardo
Draw monsta cardo
Draw monsta cardo
reporting on haiti by western corporate captured mediais a fnckin disgrace. ANYONE can go read up on the history of this place and its struggle for freedom from it s colonizers that has continnued to this day.
Modern day purge right here😬
Imagine just this that every country that has a black leader just fail all the time.
Coming to a neighborhood near you
I can see sleepy Joe welcoming them inmates into our country
Sweden: Hmm, maybe we should take in some of these guys. We can fix them.
They'll all turn up in the u.s
Can i predict the future
Should I cancel my vacation trip?
And they are escaping to the united states and human rights avocates are asking biden to extend his coverage to everybidy in Haiti..
Kinda like how Biden is letting criminals flood across the southern border 🎉
They gotta call Batman 😭
and guess where theyre all gonna run to, americans!
Truly, the prisoners are now running the asylum.
They just need to lock Haiti down and not allow any of those lunatics outta there.
They like it in the ahh so they would rather stay
Gangs.sure..
a mike smith a person named snake and cris s hotdogs assoiates 3446 lebron rd associates act like they could run the streets in haiti lol….and in rwanda somalia as possible wartime militia for africa lol…possiboy for the casinos they owe overseas and the names they work in and pool money over lol….snake montgomery warming center giggolo lol…leave your client books fellas with the fbi over the women you share lol…gss money ken montgomery labor finders and terrance montgomery labor finders lol…scottie and patrick james lol..if those names exist lol…
Haiti is a prime example of a strong and prospering nation. I am waiting for all the pro BLM crowd to move there where they can live in peace without racism.
Haiti is such a mess, dude! Feel so sorry for those just trying to live an honest, normal life.
lmao Haiti IS a prison
So all this time, the country was not in state of emergency?
never seen a journalist try so hard to not say anything. She asks a very straightforward question "So, just describe what its like? he says " well, um, for the most part everybody here are is expecting to have a disruptive week as of over 4000 inmates have uh fled the two detention centers (prisons btw) here in Port au Prince and uh, creating a real security crisis…..so it's really a lot of questions with very few answers at this point"
an honest answer would sound nothing like this.
How did this happened?😮
"they are expected to have a disrupted week"
No shit.
Evil europeans destroyed a country
And people say America is bad. But we're gonna bring them all here, & give them free healthcare, a brand new BMW, & a big half million dollar home with paid insurance
just a reminder for everyone that haiti is still paying a massive debt to france for their freedom from slavery. this greatly hinders their ability to improve as a nation. google it
so blame the french for upholding their slaver policies.
Don't forget this was not just a jail break , this was done by a gang to get their mates out .
Just imagine if it was you who played any and i mean any role in getting even one of them inside the Prison. This is the worst time for their families who had did good in past to get these criminals in there.
There's no saying how bad it could get.
I pray for all the innocents to be safe out there man !
My poor country
That prison was a human rights disaster. The conditions were horrific. Obviously violent criminals being on the loose is horrific as well but the government is to blame for this crisis.
This is a real crisis, instead of what’s happening in gaza.
freaky
Should i care about this?
What would happen if ISIS make a base in Haiti?
The warden never played prison architect obviously
You only see stuff like this in movies😭
"Never go to Haiti" – Ron Burgundy