2024 Haitian jailbreak

Battle of Port-Au-Prince (2024)
	Part of the Gang war in Haiti and the Haitian crisis (2018–present)
	; Map of Haiti
Date	28 February 2024 – present
Location	Mainly Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Result	Ongoing Ariel Henry resigns from the post of Prime Minister of Haiti;
Belligerents
Revolutionary Forces of the G9 Family and Allies	Haitian security forces Haitian National Police; Haitian Armed Forces; ; Armed civilians
Commanders and leaders
Jimmy Chérizier ; Guy Philippe	Ariel Henry ; Michel Patrick Boisvert
Casualties and losses
	38 dead, 15,000 homeless, 362,000 displaced

In March 2024, armed gangs stormed the two largest prisons in Haiti, resulting in more than 4,700 inmates escaping. The gangs demanded that prime minister Ariel Henry resign. The Haitian government declared a 72-hour state of emergency and a nighttime curfew in Ouest Department in an attempt to curb the violence and chaos. On 12 March 2024, Henry indicated his intention to resign as prime minister in response to the deteriorating security situation.

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