News US military trained ‘small number’ of the Colombian suspects in Haiti assassination, Pentagon says July 15, 2021 Deirdre Shesgreen and Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY Comments Off on US military trained ‘small number’ of the Colombian suspects in Haiti assassination, Pentagon says Colombia has been a major beneficiary of U.S. military assistance for decades, with billions of U.S. dollars going to train and equip the country's armed forces.