US military to deliver 24 more armored vehicles to Kenyan police in Haiti

24/8/2024 12:14

        The U.S. military said on Friday that it would deliver 24 additional armored vehicles to Kenyan personnel deployed in Haiti who are heading a long-delayed security operation in the conflict-ravaged Caribbean nation.
        
        Some 400 Kenyan police, leading a U.N.-ratified security mission mandated to fight heavily armed gangs that have taken over most of the capital, recently deployed to Haiti.
        
        The mission was first requested by Haiti's previous government in 2022, and of the handful of countries that have together pledged over 2,500 troops, the Kenyan contingent remains the only group to have arrived.
        
        The U.S. Southern Command, the Department of Defense's joint military command covering Latin America and the Caribbean known as SouthCom, said it would deliver the mine resistant ambush protected (MRAP) MaxxPros to the capital's main airport via U.S. Air Force C-17 cargo aircraft.
        
        It said the deliveries would start from Friday, adding to an existing fleet of 10 U.S.-provided MRAPs.