6 January 2025

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – A second group of 75 Guatemalan soldiers arrived in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince on Saturday to reinforce a United Nations-backed mission tasked with restoring order amid the chaos caused by gangs, the mission said.

© Reuters. A unit of security forces from Guatemala arrives in Haiti on a security mission, at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, January 4, 2025. Photograph: Ralph Teddy Errol/Reuters.

Another 75 soldiers arrived the day before, bringing the total number of Guatemalan troops to 150. All reinforcements come from Guatemala's military police unit, the Guatemalan government said in a statement.

Eight more soldiers from El Salvador also arrived on Friday.

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