Guatemala sends 20 more soldiers to UN mission in Haiti
Guatemala sent 20 more soldiers to join the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti, Guatemalan army spokesman Jorge Ortega said on Monday, according to news from Guatemala City, capital of the Central American nation.
The dispatchment came at the request of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti, Orgega said.
With their arrival, the number of Guatemalan soldiers deployed in Haiti has reached 100.
Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide went into exile in February 2004 amid threats of an armed rebellion after the opposition accused him of corruption and dictatorship.
After his fall, the United States, France and Canada sent troops to the country. The United Nations in June 2004 dispatched a peacekeeping force which groups some 6,000 troops and 1,000 civilian policemen to replace the mixed foreign force and restore Haiti's stability.
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