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    Arrest Of Heavily Armed Former U.S. Military Members In Haiti Sparks Many Questions

    by Bill Chappell Feb 20, 2019 2 minutes
    Five Americans and several other men were arrested after police discovered they were carrying a number of automatic rifles and pistols in Port-au-Prince. The men are being held at this Haitian National Police compound.

    We know their names, and where they were. But no one has given a public explanation for what several former elite U.S. service members were doing in Haiti — and why they were driving without license plates, carrying an assortment of automatic rifles, drones and other gear.

    The men face charges of being part of a criminal conspiracy, the , after being

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