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WORLD NEWSMonday 24 October 2016

Haitian authorities recapture a dozen of 172 escaped inmatesÂ

A police officer stands outside a room of inmates after a prison break at the Civil Prison in the checkpoints along roads gunfire with police during
coastal town of Arcahaiea, Haiti. Over 100 inmates escaped after they overpowered guards who to search vehicles. Small the chaotic breakout.
were escorting them to a bathing area. boats in fishing towns The inmates attacked after
around Arcahaie were also they were released from a
(AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) being checked. crammed holding pen to
Heurtelou Paul Colson, di- bathe, according to pro-
DIEU NALIO CHERY and fled from a lockup in that was slammed by Hurri- rector of the Arcahaie Pris- vincial authorities.
Associated Press central Haiti, the prison’s di- cane Matthew’s eye earlier on, said the lockup housed After the escape, the body
ARCAHAIE, Haiti (AP) — Po- rector said. this month. 266 inmates. of the dead corrections of-
lice officers were search- The prison break occurred One guard was reported Justice Minister Camille Ed- ficer was sprawled on the
ing cars and boats for es- Saturday in Arcahaie, a killed and an inmate died ward Junior told Haiti’s big- ground and bullet holes
caped prisoners on Sunday coastal town about 30 following a bad fall while gest newspaper, The Nou- marked the prison’s main
after recapturing at least a miles north of Haiti’s capi- trying to scale a prison wall. velliste, that the alleged door. Inside, the wrought
dozen of the 172 inmates tal. The community is far Haitian National Police mastermind of the escape, iron cell doors had been
who overpowered guards from the southwest area officers set up numerous convicted kidnapper Yven- thrown open and sandals
er Carelus, was among the and clothing were scat-
men captured after the tered about. Authorities
prison break. held a prisoner who tried
“He planned the escape to flee.Haitian prisons are
from the inside with a few notoriously overcrowded
accomplices,” the minister and many inmates spend
was quoted as saying. years in pre-trial detention.
Prime Minister Enex Jean- It wasn’t immediately clear
Charles said the interim how many of the escaped
government has given inmates in Arcahaie were
clear instructions to the convicted of serious crimes
justice minister to “take and how many were await-
all necessary measures to ing trial.
remedy this unacceptable Police asked jittery residents
situation.” of the coastal area to fol-
Judge Henry Claude Louis- low authorities’ instructions
Jean said Saturday that during the manhunt.
the escapees stole an un- The U.S. Embassy advised
known number of weap- all American citizens to
ons and some exchanged avoid the area. q

Colombia airline resumes Caracas flights after scareÂ

JOSHUA GOODMAN bian Defense Ministry said statement saying it would past decade as Venezue- political overtones to the
Associated Press in a statement.The Avianca resume flights to Venezuela la’s role as Latin America’s incident.“These maneu-
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — pilot immediately notified on Sunday “following clari- leftist stalwart has clashed vers put in serious risk the
Colombia’s flagship airline Colombian aviation au- fications between the gov- with Colombia’s tradition- lives of the passengers on
briefly grounded all flights thorities and sharply divert- ernments of Colombia and ally staunch support for the plane,” said Rodrigo
to Caracas after a Ven- ed from the flight path. Four Venezuela.” the United States.The two Lara, president of the gov-
ezuela air force plane flew minutes later, the military Venezuelan officials had countries’ foreign ministers ernment-aligned Radical
close to a passenger jet, aircraft split away and the not commented publicly spoke to each other and Change party. “It’s more
but the company said Sat- jetliner resumed its course, on the incident, which Maduro, who is on a multi- evidence of the unpredict-
urday it was resuming ser- the ministry said.More than comes amid a tension-filled nation tour of the Middle ability of Nicolas Maduro’s
vice following clarifications 90 minutes after the flight standoff between President East, personally ordered an government.”Avianca is
from the two governments. landed safely in Bogota, Nicolas Maduro and his op- investigation, the Colom- one of the few foreign air-
An Avianca Boeing 787 on Venezuela’s air defense ponents over the decision bian Defense Ministry said. lines still serving Caracas
a flight from Madrid to Bo- authorities told their Co- to suspend a recall referen- Defense Minister Luis Carlos after a number of carriers
gota with some 200 pas- lombian counterparts that dum against the embattled Villegas and his Venezuelan slashed service or stopped
sengers aboard was cruis- the military aircraft was on socialist leader. counterpart, Gen. Vladimir selling tickets to Venezu-
ing at high altitude near a routine patrol.Avianca Maduro frequently accuses Padrino, also spoke and elans because Maduro’s
Venezuela’s western bor- said it was halting flights neighboring Colombia of agreed to strengthen their government, facing a se-
der with Colombia Friday to Venezuela and would plotting with his critics to early warning communica- vere cash crunch triggered
evening when a Venezue- reroute several flights to undermine his rule. Rela- tions systems, the ministry by low oil prices, hasn’t al-
lan military plane was spot- Europe to avoid Venezu- tions between the two na- added.Colombians across lowed them to repatriate
ted on radar flying a short elan air space. But on Sat- tions have been hit by a the political spectrum ex- some $3.8 billion in funds
distance away, the Colom- urday, the airline issued a number of crises over the pressed alarm, attributing held in the country. q