In an article titled "Mercenaries in Yemen- The US Connection", the publication points out that a reporter from The New York Times revealed that 450 soldiers from Latin America, including Colombia, Panama, El Salvador and Chile, were deployed in Yemen.
These forces are trained in the UAE States of US advisers and according to the article, in recent years, Washington conducted a strategy to prepare the Colombians for an emerging industry:. "the export security".
Stresses that apparently, it is a form of export security is becoming mercenaries and being trained by the Pentagon for Washington's wars in other parts of the world.
He mentions analyst William Hartung, who argues that Washington trained a total of 30,000 soldiers from the four countries that make Latin American mercenary force in Yemen and in the case of Salvadorans passed by hiring a national company contracted by Northrup Grumman.
This American group has a history in the mercenary business in the Middle East and Forbes says its work dates back to 1975 when it provided the National Guard personnel from Saudi Arabia.
Counterpunch adds they do not know for sure if the hundreds Latin American mercenaries were trained in the United States or by US forces in their own countries.
It also indicates that what is certain is that the recruitment of Latin American mercenaries follows the logic of the new style of warfare designed by the Pentagon, among others things, aims to reduce risks to US troops, increase civilian casualties and fuel the war profits.
United States has strong interests in the region, but do not want to pay the political price to see their soldiers return home in body bags. The solution? Hiring mercenaries impoverished Latin American countries, he stresses.
The text states that the recruitment of young people in Latin America war industry feeds US, where companies such as Blackwater and Northrup Grumman, headquartered in Virginia exploit the so-called soldiers of fortune.
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