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Another 75 Guatemalan soldiers arrive in Haiti to battle gangs

Jan 05, 2025

Washington DC [US], January 5: A second group of 75 Guatemalan soldiers arrived in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince to boost a United Nations-backed mission tasked with restoring order amid chaos wrought by gangs, the mission said.
Another 75 soldiers arrived a day earlier, taking the total Guatemalan troop numbers to 150. All the reinforcements come from Guatemala's military police unit, Guatemala's government said in a statement.
A further eight soldiers from El Salvador also arrived on Friday.
Source: Fijan Boradcasting Corporation

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