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Hundreds of inmates flee after armed gangs storm Haiti's main prison in escalating violence

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At least three people have been killed and hundreds of inmates have fled Haiti's main prison after armed gangs stormed the facility overnight.

The jailbreak marks a new low in Haiti's downward spiral of violence and comes as gangs assert greater control on the capital while the embattled Prime Minister Ariel Henry is abroad trying to win support for a United Nations-backed security force to stabilize the country.

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