Jamaica to deploy a limited number of soldiers and police to help fight gangs in Haiti

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Jamaica to deploy a limited number of soldiers and police to help fight gangs in Haiti
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Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness says his country will send two dozen soldiers and police officers to Haiti this week to boost a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenya to fight violent gangs

Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness announced Tuesday that his country would send two dozen soldiers and police officers to Haiti this week to boost

Jamaica had pledged a total of 170 soldiers and 30 police officers, but Holness said it wasn’t possible to deploy them all at once. to replace the current mission. Such a proposal would have to be decided by the U.N. Security Council, which experts do not believe would approve it.

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