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Haiti: Police Arrest 5 Americans Amid Political Unrest

HeadlineFeb 20, 2019

In Haiti, police have arrested multiple foreign nationals, including five Americans, for possessing illegal weapons. Three of those are reportedly former U.S. military, and a fourth previously worked as a federal contractor. Authorities are still investigating why the Americans were in Haiti. The arrests come after days of anti-government protests which resulted in at least seven deaths.

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