Two Catholic nuns were killed by gang gunmen in Mirebalais amid a prison break and citywide assault, underscoring the country’s deepening security crisis and unchecked gang violence.

The latest wave of violence to engulf Haiti – including a mass jailbreak and deadly protests – has allowed criminal gangs to tighten their grip on key urban areas, plunging the country further into

Gangs control most of the capital but the attack seems to suggest they are expanding to other towns.