The Commissioner Gary Desrosiers, Deputy Spokesman of the National Police of Haiti (PNH) provided an update on the escape occurred on the night of Sunday 30 November to 1 December, of 34 out of 496 prisoners detained in the civil prison St-Marc https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-12634-haiti-security-escape-in-saint-marc-34-prisoners-escape-update-02-12-2014.html l

He also confirmed the information of the Saint Marc Police Commissioner, Berson Soljour, that four prisoners on the run had already been taken: Clerjuste Maxy, aka Ti Max, accused of complicity in murder ; Michelin Dieulemon, charged with assassination attempt ; Philistin Rodney, charged with attempted murder and Pierre Veniel, accused of criminal conspiracy https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-12643-haiti-security-the-hunt-for-escaped-of-saint-marc-is-open.html

On the escape, he said that a close to a detainee would have eluded penitentiary agents and smuggled a metal cutting saw in the prison. Sunday afternoon the prisoners were beaten the drum for several hours, which has covered the sounds of sawing the bars of the window of the cell #7, by which the detainees escaped by jumping into the court of an adjoining church to prison. The spokesperson stressed that this was a case of gross negligence and the General Inspectorate taking the matter very seriously.

Gary Desrosiers also revealed that among the escapees actively sought are found the known criminals "Baptiste Mardochée (abduction), Celestin Félix (murder), Casséus James (murder), St-Far Evens (murder), Pierre Taman (rape) and St-Cyr Jonathan (sexual assault).

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-12643-haiti-security-the-hunt-for-escaped-of-saint-marc-is-open.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-12634-haiti-security-escape-in-saint-marc-34-prisoners-escape-update-02-12-2014.html

SL/ HaitiLibre