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1. Hundreds of prisoners escape from Haiti’s National Penitentiary in the capital, Port-au-Prince.
   2024-03-04 02:38:08 (First version)
2. Thousands of prisoners escape from the National Penitentiary in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after it was stormed by armed gangs.
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