NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — An executive with the Atlantis resort in the Bahamas says their marine park has taken custody of two manatees who had been swimming in busy Nassau Harbour.

Vice President for Marine Mammal Operations Teri Corbett says the mother and calf are in an open-water rehabilitation center. Experts feared the endangered mammals could get struck by boats in the harbour. Corbett says the government will decide whether the animals should stay at Atlantis or be returned to the wild in the Bahamas or Florida.

The mother manatee, “Rita”, is about 25 years old and was known to live in South Florida. She migrated east to the Bahamas in 2009 to give birth to “Georgie.” The animals are rarely seen in the Bahamas.

Trial starts in alleged Haiti prison massacre

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A trial has started for police officers accused of killing at least 11 inmates in a prison in southwestern Haiti following last year’s deadly earthquake.

Judge Valvale Ezequiel says the trial of 13 officers will include testimony from dozens of witnesses in the coastal town of Les Cayes.

The officers face charges that include murder and attempted murder for firing on prisoners during a riot in the overcrowded prison a week after the devastating January 2010 earthquake. Prisoners said they were afraid the prison walls would crumble during the aftershocks.

The officers allegedly stormed the prison to prevent a mass escape like the one that occurred in the country’s main penitentiary in the capital.

The trial started yesterday.