A Mexican
mercenary commander and an Argentine soldier of fortune working for a
U.S. military firm Blackwater in Yemen died in fierce combats in the
southeastern Yemeni city Taiz, local media reported Thursday.
The Mexican
mercenary has been identified as Macias Bacneba, who was killed
Wednesday in clashes between Yemeni and foreign forces, security
sources told local media.
The death of
Bacneba occurred as Yemeni army units backed by popular movement
known as Ansarullah attempted to halt the advance on Taiz of the
coalition led by Saudi Arabia, who began attacking Yemen in March and
has since killed or injured over 7,500 people in the Arab country,
most of whom were civilians, according to U.N. figures.
The Mexican
and Argentine mercenaries are part of a huge Blackwater 1,800-strong
force of Latin American soldiers, which has been training in United
Arab Emirates to fight for Saudi Arabia in Yemen.
Recently,
UAE deployed about 450 Colombian mercenaries to Yemen to fight with
the Saudi-led coalition that is attempting to put under control the
Houthis.
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