Authorities have launched a manhunt in Haiti after 174 inmates escaped from a prison north of Port-au-Prince. ARCAHAIE, HAITI—Police officers were searching cars and boats for escaped prisoners on Sunday after recapturing at least a dozen of the 172 inmates who overpowered guards and escaped from a lock-up in central Haiti, the prison’s director said. The prison break occurred Saturday in Arcahaie, a coastal town about 30 miles (48 kilometres) north of Haiti’s capital. Haitian National Police officers set up numerous checkpoints along roads to search vehicles. Heurtelou Paul Colson, director of the Arcahaie Prison, said the lock-up housed 266 inmates.

Source: thestar October 23, 2016 17:37 UTC