El Salvador rushes some 1,000 troops to Haiti after gang ambush: Report
The deployment aims to recover four missing Salvadoran technicians and strengthen Haiti’s fight against gangs, with the force capped at 2,500 troops, officials said.
- 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 aircraft.
- 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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Salvadoran troops deployed about ten armoured vehicles and assault rifles, two weeks after the disappearance of four of their soldiers in an ambush.
El Salvador's President, Nayib Bukele, last week ordered the deployment in Haiti of thousands of heavily armed soldiers who are still complicating the difficult security situation facing the small Caribbean country.
The president of El Salvador has revolutionized his own country by taking a ruthless approach to gang violence. Now he has sent thousands of soldiers to Haiti to free four soldiers.
The U.S. president revealed the details of his conversation with the Salvadoran president about the military deployment in Haitian territory. He also ruled out El Salvador needing external assistance to resolve the situation.
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