Armed gangs attack the city’s civilian prison. Prince PortOn Saturday evening, 3,597 prisoners escaped out of a total of 3,696, representing just over 97% of the inmates at the largest prison in the Haitian capital, the Collective of Lawyers for the Defense of Human Rights (CADDHO). .

Although there are no official figures, at least fifteen of the escaped prisoners were killed, which EFE was able to verify when calculating the number corpses are scattered throughout different parts of the capitallike Laloue or Christ Roy, although the largest number of bodies – 10 – were found around the penitentiary.

prisoners Those who did not escape told the press about poor conditions in the Port-au-Prince civil prison, where at least three-quarters of the prisoners are awaiting trial.

“We are not fed well in jail. They give you white (moldy) food,” said a prisoner in his 60s who has spent 12 of those years in prison, unable to attend his mother’s funeral, he said. EFE.

“We can’t buy water. The water we use for bathing is the water we drink. “Dirty water is the water we drink,” added the man, who said he felt worried because he was going through many hardships in prison.

Another inmate, who identified himself as Jameson Rafael, 30, said “a lot of people died. Many prisoners died even in the vicinity of the prison” as a result Attack.

Among the prisoners who decided not to leave the prison premises are Colombian mercenaries accused of participating in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise in 2021, who sent messages that circulated on social media last night describing the disturbing situation that arose during the attack.