Haiti plans to send 400 police officers for foreign training

The government plans to send 400 police officers to Brazil next month for training amid rising gang violence. Fritz Alphonse Jean said Haiti has about 10,000 police and 1,300 soldiers for nearly 12 million people. A total of 700 police and soldiers will undergo foreign training and then join a Kenyan-led UN mission against gangs, after 150 soldiers were sent to Mexico last week. UN data indicate gang violence killed over 4,800 people and displaced more than 1.3 million from October 2024 to June 2025.

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