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

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

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.

The use of private military contractors to fight Haitian crime groups has caused alarm among human rights advocates and observers, even if the security situation has become so dire that many Haitians have been calling for some form of foreign intervention.

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