Matias Gutierrez, 45, told CNN he was contacted in early June by a fellow veteran named Mendivelso Gersain, who put him in touch with another man -- retired Sgt. Security for the President of Haiti, who was believed to be under death threat," Gutierrez told CNN. Gutierrez told CNN he had been in contact with the recruited Colombian guards several times while they were in Haiti. Gutierrez told CNN he is part of a wide network of retired special forces and commandos who work as private security at home and abroad. Gutierrez, as well as several relatives of other Colombians who traveled to Haiti, told CNN the accusations against the men do not add up.

Source: CNN July 15, 2021 01:05 UTC