by Thomas
Péralte (Haiti Liberte)
Heavily armed
bandits in a gray Daihatsu Terios without license plates fired on the civilian
prison in Croix des Bouquets on Mon., Feb. 17, 2014 at around 8:00 p.m.,
killing a policeman, Sadrac Nicolas, an Agent 2 officer in the National Prison
Administration (APENA).
The attack occurred when Off.
Nicolas approached the vehicle because it was parked in a dark area near the
prison. The assailants opened fire on the policeman, who died at the scene, and
also aimed bursts of fire at the prison.
According to preliminary reports,
the policeman’s gun was found at his side. An investigation was conducted by
the forensic police, who quickly arrived at the scene. Already, several
witnesses have been identified. No prisoner escaped, said the Secretary of
State for Public Security, Reginald Delva, who also said that more than 750
prisoners are incarcerated in the prison.
Businessman Clifford Brandt, the
alleged leader of a powerful gang of kidnappers which was dismantled in October
2012, is among the inmates at this high security prison. Among the other
prominent prisoners is Emane “Jacques” Jean-Louis, the owner of Sourire Rent a
Car, who has been jailed at the prison since September 2013 on charges of money
laundering. (Mr. Jean-Louis claims he was a victim of a police kidnapping in
April 2012 and had filed a suit against the police.)
