Haiti declares curfew after thousands of inmates escape jail
Haiti has declared a three-day state of emergency and a night-time curfew after armed gangs stormed the country’s two biggest jails, allowing more than 3,000 dangerous criminals, including murderers and kidnappers, to escape back on to the streets of the poor and violence-racked Caribbean nation. It comes as gang leaders seek to oust the prime minister, Ariel Henry, who is abroad. Subscribe to Guardian News