Twenty soldiers and four police officers who left Jamaica on Thursday, arrived in Haiti to join a UN-backed mission led by Kenya to fight powerful gangs.
Jamaica is the second country to join the mission, which was approved by the UN Security Council in October 2023 and began when the first contingent of Kenyan police arrived in Haiti in late June.
The members of the security forces were joined by two senior military officers from Belize.
They were transported to Haiti on an aircraft owned by the US Coast Guard.
Earlier this week, Prime Minister Andrew Holness announced the imminent deployment and said the Jamaican contingent would be responsible for providing command, planning and logistics support.
They will work alongside Haiti's military and police to fight gangs that control 80 per cent of the capital of Port-au-Prince.
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