Heavily armed gangs broke into the main state prison in Haiti over the weekend freeing nearly 4,000 prisoners.
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Henry, sworn in as prime minister shortly after the early July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moise, left for Kenya in the middle of last week after attending a summit of fellow Caricom trade bloc leaders in Guyana, where he was severely roasted for his reluctance to share power with opposition and civil society groups to form a transitional council that would organize fresh elections in a bid to stabilize the strife-torn nation of more than 11 million.
Henry had gone to Kenya to sign a reciprocal agreement to deploy 1,000 Kenyan police officers to Haiti as the lead nation in the force.newspaper said the jailbreak was “an apparent move to bar Henry’s return from Kenya.” More than 30 people were killed in the prison-related violence, including several police officers, and thousands of already struggling citizens were displaced.
An electoral needs assessment team is to be assembled to help Haiti by the end of March, involving Caricom, the Organization of American States, Canada, the U.S., and France as well, the leaders said.
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