Some ex-Colombian soldiers detained in Haiti had U.S. military training: Pentagon


  • World
  • Thursday, 15 Jul 2021

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A small number of the former Colombian soldiers accused of involvement in the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moise this month had received U.S. military training in the past, the Pentagon said on Thursday.

Haitian authorities have said Moise was shot dead at his home on July 7 by a unit of assassins including 26 Colombians and two Haitian Americans.

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