A “small number” of the retired members of the Colombian military arrested last week in connection with the assassination of Haiti’s president were trained by the U.S. military, the Pentagon said Thursday.
reported that “dozens” of Colombian mercenaries traveled to the UAE, posing as construction workers, to join an Emirati mercenary army put together by security contractor Blackwater, now known as Academi.
The mercenaries are often paid much more than they earned serving in the military. While employed as a soldier in Colombia,around $375 per month, but as a mercenary working in the Middle East, they can earn as much as $90 per day. Colombian troops are also valued more highly than those from other countries because of their experience with guerilla warfare.
In addition to the mercenaries, Haitian officials have arrested Christian Emmanuel Sanon, a doctor and pastor who police believe is the mastermind behind the assassination plot. “[Sanon] came with the intention to take over as President of the Republic,” Haitian National Police Director General Leon Charleson Sunday, adding that one of the men allegedly involved in the assassination called Sanon first after it took place. Sanon, however, says he is innocent.
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