The 72-hour state of emergency took effect immediately. The government said it would set out to find the killers, kidnappers and other violent criminals it reported escaped from the prison.

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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago — A spike in deadly gang violence prompted the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago to implement a country-wide state of emergency Monday.