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July 22, 2021

Four Colombian Mercenaries Tied to Moïse Assassination Were Trained at Fort Benning in U.S.
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The Pentagon has confirmed four of the Colombian mercenaries accused of
assassinating Haitian President Jovenel Moïse once received U.S.
military training at Fort Benning in Georgia while they were members of
the Colombian armed forces. Formerly known as the School of the
Americas, the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation at
Fort Benning has been used for decades to train Latin American soldiers
in combat, counterinsurgency and counternarcotics. Critics have long
described the training center as the "School of the Assassins."


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