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Category: PMSCs

Haiti

The Latin Times – Haiti Reaches Deal With Military Contractor Erik Prince To Fight Gangs Close To Taking The Capital

Royce de Melo, May 29, 2025May 29, 2025

See: https://lnkd.in/eJHuBKBDhttps://www.latintimes.com/haiti-reaches-deal-military-contractor-erik-prince-fight-gangs-close-taking-capital-583877 Prince and other contractors are reportedly deploying drones to kill gang members The Haitian government has hired U.S. military contractor Erik Prince to help its forces fight against powerful gangs controlling most of the capital, as local forces and a multinational mission led by Kenya continue struggling to make gains….

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Gaza

Some International Lawyer Claims that Armed U.S. PMSCs ‘under guise of aid relief in Gaza is unlawful’… But Is It?

Royce de Melo, May 21, 2025May 21, 2025

Read the article from ‘International News’: ‘International lawyer says deployment of armed U.S. mercenaries under guise of aid relief in Gaza is unlawful‘: New York, May 20 (RHC)– A prominent human rights lawyer and former director of the New York Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights says…

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Africa

Reports: Erik Prince Reaches Mineral Wealth Deal with the DRC.

Royce de Melo, April 18, 2025May 5, 2025

Erik Prince has been a busy guy and in the news a lot lately, from Ecuador to the DRC. See: Reuters — Exclusive: Trump supporter Prince reaches deal with Congo to help secure mineral wealthSummary◘ Blackwater founder struck agreement before M23 rebel advance◘ Focus on boosting tax collection, cutting cross-border…

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Ecuador

Erik Prince On The Ground And On Camera In Ecuador

Royce de Melo, April 6, 2025April 6, 2025

On March 13th I posted about ‘Former Blackwater Jefe Erik Prince Gets the Nod To Help Ecuador Fight Organized Crime‘. Now he’s on the ground and on camera promoting his and his partners apparently contracted tasks, tackling organized crime in the country as operation “Apollo 13″ is under way, a…

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Ecuador

Former Blackwater Jefe Erik Prince Gets the Nod To Help Ecuador Fight Organized Crime

Royce de Melo, March 13, 2025April 4, 2025

Because I had briefly worked in El Salvador during the State of Emergency and the war on gangs, this has me wondering if Ecuador’s President Noboa is trying to emulate President Bukele’s success. Bukele crushed the MS-13 and Barrio 18 gangs, quickly turning El Salvador from a murder capital of…

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PMSCs

In A Follow Up Politico Report, Trump Appears Open To Using PMSCs To Deport Illegal Immigrants

Royce de Melo, March 2, 2025March 2, 2025

‘The president added that he didn’t think it was necessary, and that he hadn’t read Erik Prince’s proposal.’– Politico Politico is very slanted in its reporting, so one has to take the tone of the reporting with a grain of salt. Former PMC Black Water chief Erik Prince comes up…

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PMSCs

A Former CIA Military Advisor’s Perspective About The Hiring of US PMSCs Tasked To Operate In Gaza

Royce de Melo, February 2, 2025February 13, 2025

A Former Special Forces CIA Advisor shared with me what he thinks about the contracting of two previously unknown American PMSCs (Private Military Security Companies) tasked with running checkpoints in Gaza. The former advisor also has experience working in the PMSC world. Please note that the opinions expressed by the…

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