Haiti’s government had on Sunday, March 3, announced a state of emergency and a nighttime curfew on Sunday in an attempt to quell a wave of violence sparked by a gang assault on the capital city’s foremost prison that allowed thousands of inmates to escape and flee.
The government had said in a statement that the state of emergency and the 6:00 pm to 5:00 am curfew would be effective as from Sunday to Wednesday, March 6.
Both measures applied to the Ouest region, which includes the capital Port-au-Prince, and it wil be subject to renewal.
The government had also said that the objective of the measures would be to permit it to “re-enact order and take the appropriate measures to take back control of the situation”.
Economy Minister Patrick Michel Boisvert had been the one to sign the statement as the country’s acting prime minister.
Before this latest news, the country’s Prime Minister, Ariel Henry flew into Kenya last week to sign an agreement to station police from the East African country to lead a UN-backed law and order mission to the gang-afflicted Caribbean nation.
