24 Haitian National Police (PNH) agents are returned in Haiti, after having participated, to a U.S-funded training on anti-kidnapping and counternarcotics in Colombia.

This successful training course, facilitated by the U.S. embassies in Port-au-Prince and Bogota and conducted by the Colombian National Police at their Jungla training center, is the beginning of what promises to be a long-term regional training model. This highlights the U.S. commitment to build the capacity of the Haitian National Police through innovative training opportunities.

This same group of PNH agents are reportedly to return to Colombia in 2011 for a second phase of training to emphasize urban operations and planning for control of civil disturbance.

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