N鈥橠JAMENA, Chad (AP) 鈥� Chad will deploy 1,500 troops to Haiti as part of the United Nations security force to the Caribbean country to combat , according to a letter from the president to the legislature.
In the letter read out to lawmakers of the Central African country on Monday, Chadian President Mahamat D茅by Itno said two battalions of 750 troops each will be deployed from this month for one year, following a request by the United Nations.
鈥淎 contingent of 400 men has already been sent to Haiti as part of this mission that honors Chad and its defense and security forces,鈥� the president said.
Last year, the U.N. Security Council of the Kenya-led multinational force in Haiti to 5,500 troops, called the Gang Suppression Force, and expanded its power to include arresting suspected gang members, which the previous force did not have.
The previous mission, launched in 2023, was envisioned to include 2,500 personnel and was , but it was handicapped by a lack of staff and funds.
Deadly gangs control as much as 90% of Port-au-Prince, the country’s capital, and swaths of land in the country鈥檚 central region. In 2021, a squad of gunmen the country’s former president, Jovenel Mo茂se, in his home.
At least 30 people were killed and dozens more were missing, human rights groups said, after the Gran Grif gang on the town of Petite-Rivi猫re de l鈥橝rtibonite, in central Haiti, last month.
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