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Erik Prince Reaches Agreement with Haiti’s Interim Gov’t to Deploy Nearly 200 Mercenaries

HeadlineAug 15, 2025

The private military contractor and Trump ally Erik Prince will soon deploy nearly 200 mercenaries to Haiti as part of an agreement with the Haitian interim government to conduct lethal operations against gangs who’ve seized Port-au-Prince and vast swaths of territory across the island nation. That’s according to Reuters, which spoke to Prince for an exclusive interview detailing a 10-year deal between his firm, Vectus Global, and Haiti’s interim government. Vectus Global will also assume a long-term role in working with Haitian officials to implement a tax collection system. Prince refused to say how much the Haitian government would pay his private firm or how much tax revenue he expects to collect in Haiti. Erik Prince is the founder of Blackwater, the private military firm accused of war crimes, including the 2007 Nisoor Square massacre in Baghdad.

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