El Salvador to send over 2,000 soldiers to Haiti for rescue while elections postponed
El Salvador says the troops will help rescue missing personnel and bolster anti-gang operations as Haiti pushes presidential voting back to 2027.
- President Nayib Bukele announced on Wednesday that El Salvador will deploy more than 2,000 soldiers to Haiti to rescue four missing personnel and support anti-gang security operations.
- Four Salvadoran aircraft technicians were ambushed in Port-au-Prince over a week ago, prompting Bukele to initially deploy hundreds of soldiers to the Caribbean nation to conduct the rescue.
- During their Wednesday call, Bukele and Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime reaffirmed commitment to the UN-backed Gang Suppression Force, discussing reinforced bilateral coordination to address security challenges.
- Haiti's electoral council postponed planned presidential elections until next year, scheduling the first round for July 18, 2027, followed by local elections on October 4, 2027.
- The Caribbean nation has not held elections since 2016 and its last president was assassinated in 2021, as successive transitional leaders repeatedly delayed voting amid expanding criminal territorial control.
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President Nayib Buquele, whom the world's media call "the coolest dictator," has done what was considered impossible, turning El Salvador from a bloody capital of murder to the safest country on the continent. The secret of success is simple and scary at the same time: total cleaning up of the streets with the help of the army, and
President Nayib Buquele of El Salvador deployed a contingent of 2,000 troops to Haiti to carry out an operation to rescue four Salvadoran aircraft missing during the attack by local gangs, and El Salvador transferred some 2,000 troops to Haiti to participate in an operation to rescue four Salvadoran aircraft missing after the ambush of criminal groups on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, which would be the first major test of President Naiba Buqu…
What could go wrong? For more than a week, El Salvador has been sending soldiers to Haiti discreetly and the magnitude of this project was only publicly revealed last night: more than 2,000 Salvadoran troops will be sent to the Caribbean nation,...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Haitian government announced new dates for elections as gangs continue to fight Haitian police and soldiers, who now have the backing of the recent arrival of more than 2,000...
El Salvador Pledges 2,000 Troops to Restore Order in Haiti
The foreign ministry of El Salvador said on Wednesday that over 2,000 troops will be dispatched to Haiti to support ongoing U.N. anti-gang operations and rescue four missing Salvadoran aircraft technicians.
As Salvadoran troops flood into Haiti, some feel hope, but others see pitfalls
The Salvadoran troops were nearing the strength of the 2,526-members of the U.N.-authorized multinational force, which included 200 Salvadorans under them. By Thursday, Salvadorans were expected to be 2,500, two sources said, making it the largest security force represented.
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