El Salvador rushes some 1,000 troops to Haiti after gang ambush: Report
The deployment follows a gang ambush that left four Salvadoran mission members missing, while Haiti’s UN-backed force remains far below its planned size.
- El Salvador deployed about 1,000 troops to Haiti in recent days following the October 18 gang ambush that left four Salvadoran air force technicians missing on the outskirts of the capital.
- President Nayib Bukele announced a military operation last week to recover the missing technicians, who were returning to base when ambushed on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince.
- Armed gangs have displaced nearly 1.5 million people across Haiti, while the UN-backed Gang Suppression Force operates with only about 2,000 troops—roughly a third of its planned capacity.
- The Dominican Republic pledged logistical support to the arrivals on Monday, while the US Southern Command facilitated the deployment by providing C-130 military transport jets.
- It remains unclear who will command the new contingent, though Salvadoran security and organized crime analyst Luis Contreras suggests some troops may coordinate with a private military firm run by Blackwater founder Erik Prince.
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El Salvador rushes some 1,000 troops to Haiti after gang ambush, source says
El Salvador has sent about 1,000 troops to Haiti after four Salvadoran members of a UN-backed security mission went missing in a gang ambush on the outskirts of the capital on October 18, a security official in Haiti told Reuters on Tuesday.
It is still unclear whether El Salvador's force will act autonomously, how long it will remain in Haiti, or whether more reinforcements will be sent. The post El Salvador: Sends about 1,000 soldiers to Haiti – Men missing after gang ambush appeared first on in.gr.
The President of El Salvador had already sent nearly 1,300 soldiers of his elite troops to try to find the four Salvadoran soldiers who had disappeared since 18 October to the east of Port-au-Prince. While he promised to end the Haitian gangs, which controlled a large part of the territory, the Dominican Republic had offered its logistical support.
El Salvador authorities have hastily deployed around a thousand troops from the Central American country's armed forces to Haiti, where four Salvadoran soldiers remain missing.
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