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'Negligence' by Caribbean police blamed in murders of Americans on yacht: prime minister
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Four Grenada law enforcement officers were arrested and charged in connection with a prison escape that led to the fatal hijacking of a retired American couple's yacht.
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Instead, they were "in a corridor" with burglar bars that suspects bent and broke free from South St. George Police Station on Feb. 18, according to Mitchell, who added that four officers were arrested.
"It is clear that had the men been placed in the individual locking cells which had proper functioning locking mechanisms, they would not have escaped or had the opportunity to escape," the prime minister said. "The investigation concluded … human error, primarily in the form of negligence, played a pivotal role in the escape."