At the heart of the mystery is the missing hotel manager, Patrice Miot Jacquet. A dual Haitian-U.S. citizen and former U.S.

“Yes, sir. I can do that,” I responded with false confidence. The story of 3,500 paratroopers launching in the night to fly four hours to Haiti and take the island by force was suppressed.

First, a cop went missing. Then, a cache of rifles issued by the Haitian national police vanished. Then, the gregarious hotel manager charged with safeguarding the weapons was ambushed while ...