More than 350 prisoners escaped from a prison in the Caribbean country of Haiti on Friday. Meanwhile, 25 people have lost their lives in the violence. It has become the biggest and deadliest incident in the country in a decade. A powerful gang chief and prison director are also among those killed. The incident took place on Thursday in the Croix-des-Bouquets prison on the outskirts of the capital Port-au-Prince. It is also being said that this incident has been carried out to drive gang leader Arnel Joseph out of jail. Joseph is a wanted fugitive in charges of rape, kidnapping, and murder in Haiti until his arrest in 2019. He had a gel chain on his feet and escaped by sitting on his motorcycle.
The day after Joseph's escape, he is seen at a checkpoint. Police spokesman Gary Desource said that Joseph, when seen, opened fire on the policemen. He lost his life in the police's retaliatory investigation. The gang leader named as Arnel Joseph, was killed hours after escaping and other communities located in the capital Port-au-Prince. The officer has not yet given much information about the breaking of the jail, except that 60 prisoners have been arrested again and action has been initiated in the case. The Secretary of State, Frantz Exantus, said that the authorities have set up several commissions to deal with the prison break incident. Those who are killed include the prison director, who has been identified as Paul Joseph Hector.
Eyewitnesses say that they saw some gunmen firing bullets at the prison guards on Thursday. After which the prisoners escaped from the prison. Before this, 300 prisoners out of 899 escaped from this prison in 2014. Some believe the incident was carried out to free Clifford Brandt, the son of a prominent businessman who has been jailed since 2012 for kidnapping the rival businessman's adult children. Brandt was captured two days later near the Dominican Republic border.
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