Nearly 80 detainees escape Haiti prison: police

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AFP Port-Au-Prince
Last Updated : Feb 13 2019 | 6:00 AM IST

All 78 detainees at a prison in southern Haiti escaped Tuesday, a national police spokesman said, during a protest against President Jovenel Moise, who has faced increasingly violent demonstrations in the capital Port-au-Prince.

An investigation has been opened into the prison break in the town of Aquin, where witnesses said an anti-Moise protest took place in front of the police station right adjoining the penitentiary.

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First Published: Feb 13 2019 | 6:00 AM IST

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