A security firm, Vectus Global, will send around 200 personnel to Haiti to combat gang violence under a one-year agreement. This deployment aims to assist Haiti's government in reclaiming territory lost to gangs. Vectus Global will also advise the government on restoring revenue collection after the violence. Concerns have been raised regarding the legality of using foreign contractors without U.S. government approval, and a Trump administration official confirmed that the U.S. government is not involved or funding this initiative.
"The deployment by Vectus Global is meant to help the government of Haiti recover vast swaths of territory seized in the past year and now controlled by heavily armed gangs."
"Romain Le Cour Grandmaison stated that the operations would violate U.S. law unless the U.S.-based private military company had permission from the U.S. government to work in Haiti."
"In the absence of a coherent, jointly led Haitian and international strategy, the use of private firms is more likely to fragment authority and sovereignty than to advance resolution of the crisis."
"A Trump administration official stated that the U.S. government has no involvement with the hiring of Vectus Global by the Haitian government and is not funding this contract."
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