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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent

Blackwater founder Erik Prince to send hundreds of fighters to strife-torn Haiti

a man in a grey polo shirt stands between men in tactical gear
Erik Prince, founder of Blackwater, attends a police and military presentation in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on 5 April 2025. Photograph: Santiago Arcos/Reuters

Hundreds of combatants from the US, Europe and El Salvador will reportedly be deployed to Haiti in the coming weeks to battle the country’s gangs as part of a mission led by the controversial Blackwater founder and Donald Trump backer Erik Prince.

According to Reuters, Prince’s new security firm, Vectus Global – which has been operating in the violence-ravaged Caribbean country since March – is preparing to intensify its activities there to help authorities win key roads and territories back from heavily armed criminal groups.

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