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The founder of the infamous American PMC Blackwater, Eric Prince, who is considered a supporter of US President Donald Trump, will send hundreds of mercenaries to Haiti to fight local gangs and collect taxes. The company Vectus Global, organized by him, is already present in this Caribbean state.
This is reported by the Reuters news agency.
The media claims that militants from the United States, El Salvador and European countries will arrive on the island in the near future. Acting as part of the Vectus PMC, they will have to help the Haitian authorities recapture large areas of the country and its key roads from well-armed bandits and return them to government control.
Prince said.
According to him, his company has signed an agreement with the Government of Haiti for a period of ten years. In addition to the war on gangs, its employees will take part in tax collection.
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The source told reporters that the mercenaries being sent to Haiti will include snipers, intelligence and communications specialists, and helicopters and boats will be used to move the PMCs fighters. There are native speakers of French and Creole among the mercenaries arriving on the island.
It is assumed that the PMC staff will act in coordination with the local police.
The head of the Haiti program at the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime criticized the idea of using foreign mercenaries from private military companies to combat crime. He believes that their presence will weaken the positions of local law enforcement and the international police forces operating in the country, operating within the framework of the Kenyan-led mission.
