Sunday, April 14th, after having spent more than 3 months at the Military School Sergeants Puebla (Southeast Mexico), one of the most prestigious military centers in Mexico, 24 hours after their graduation https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-27456-icihaiti-army-graduation-of-55-haitian-soldiers-in-mexico.html , 55 soldiers of the Corps of Engineering trained in Ecuador, accompanied by a delegation led jointly by the acting Commander in Chief, Lieutenant General Jodel Lessage and the Chief of Staff of the Minister of Defense, Harry Toussaint, returned home on board a Mexican military aircraft, where they were greeted by Defense Minister Enold Joseph.

Minister Joseph said "Among these soldiers, 30 will receive training as instructors that will allow them to participate in the formation of a second class of 300 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Haiti (FAd'H)" before announce announce the official release of the first class of FAd'H soldiers for Tuesday, April 23.

With 150 soldiers already trained and the exit of the first class of 250 soldiers trained at the Anacaona (Gressier) military base by Mexican military instructors and Haitian trainers https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26689-haiti-army-250-aspiring-soldiers-of-the-fad-h-in-training.html the strength of the Armed Forces of Haiti will be 400 members who will be stationed in 3 large regions : the Great North, the West and the Great South in the barracks of Péligre, Petite-Rivière de l'Artibonite, Lamentin Carrefour and Léogâne said Minister Joseph who regrets not being able to have a base in the North West for lack of means.

A Minister who deploys all his energy to sensitize the international community on the need to support the Haitian State to find the necessary means to set up a professional army...

Lieutenant-General Jodel Lessage also deplores the lack of financial and equipment resources and operational difficulties, recalling that "the means are limited, so far the FAd'H does not have a budget [...]"

See also :

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-27456-icihaiti-army-graduation-of-55-haitian-soldiers-in-mexico.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26689-haiti-army-250-aspiring-soldiers-of-the-fad-h-in-training.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-25768-haiti-army-the-minister-of-defense-signs-a-military-cooperation-agreement-with-mexico.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-20508-haiti-flash-roadmap-for-the-establishment-of-the-haitian-army.html

SL/ HaitiLibre