Official: Suspects break into Haiti court, ransack offices

By EVENS SANON
Associated Press

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti Government Commissioner Jacques Lafontant tells The Associated Press that unidentified suspects have broken into one of the country’s main courthouses, ransacked judges’ offices and stole items including cell phones. Lafontant said Thursday that evidence and documents linked to cases including the July 7 presidential slaying of Jovenel Moïse and the August 2020 killing of Monferrier Dorval, head of the bar association of Port-au-Prince, were not taken because they’re in a secure location elsewhere. The break-in occurred earlier this week at the Court of First Instance in Haiti’s capital and is one of several reported in recent years.