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Armed gangs, freed inmates: The latest from Haiti

NPR

Published March 4, 2024 at 7:11 AM EST

Armed gangs took over two of Haiti’s biggest prisons and freed inmates over the weekend.

Miami Herald reporter Jacqueline Charles joins us with the latest.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Copyright 2024 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

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