A convicted murderer serving a 40-year prison sentence will now spend the rest of his life behind bars after being found guilty on multiple charges connected to an escape attempt, the 11th Circuit Solicitor’s Office said. Following a recent trial, 35-year-old Chavis L. Cox was convicted on charges of taking of a hostage by an […]
Authorities in Haiti have ordered a night-time curfew after an explosion of violence when gang gunmen overran the two biggest prisons and freed thousands of inmates over the weekend. A 72-hour state of emergency began on Sunday night. The government said it would set out to find the killers, kidnappers and other criminals who fled. […]
Haiti’s government has declared a state of emergency, imposing a night-time curfew late on Sunday in a bid to regain control of the streets after an explosion of violence at the weekend. During the weekend, armed gang members stormed the country’s two biggest prisons, resulting in a mass jailbreak. The 72-hour state of emergency went […]
With its four-piece bathroom suite, queen-size bed and mini fridge, the untidy prison cell of the notorious leader of the Los Choneros gang, José Adolfo Macías, could have been in a hotel instead of one of Ecuador’s largest prison complexes. Picture released by the Ecuadorean Armed Forces showing Adolfo Macias, aka Fito, leader of the […]