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U.S. Private Security Executive Erik Prince Set To Deploy Hundreds Of Mercenaries To Haiti To Fight Gangs

Police monitor street gang violence in Haiti (Credit: (Photo by CLARENS SIFFROY/AFP via Getty Images)

American private security executive Erik Prince will deploy hundreds of mercenaries to fight gangs in Haiti in the coming weeks, according to a new report.

Reuters reported on Thursday that Prince's company, Vectus Global, will intensify operations in the besieged country in the next weeks in coordination with local police, deploying several hundred fighters from the U.S., Europe and El Salvador.

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