El Salvador’s Bukele announces military operation to rescue hostages held by gangs in Haiti
Bukele said the mission is non-combat and warned of a stronger response as Haiti’s government called the abduction an absolute priority.
- On Wednesday, President Nayib Bukele announced a military operation to rescue four Salvadoran members of an international UN-backed security force held hostage by Haitian gangs, saying, "Today, we have launched a military operation to rescue them."
- The four Salvadorans went missing on Sunday after leaping from a burning armored vehicle ambushed by armed gangs on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, security officials said.
- Bukele clarified the missing men were aviation technicians, not combatants, stating, "Our mission consists only of pilots and technical personnel, whose primary job is to carry out medical evacuations and save lives, not to wage war."
- The Gang Suppression Force announced recovery efforts earlier this week, but intense fighting in the area has limited access to the site where the Salvadorans vanished.
- Haitian gangs have expanded influence amid a political vacuum, while the UN-backed Gang Suppression Force, including soldiers from Chad and Sri Lanka, has achieved limited security impact a year into its mandate.
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El Salvador deploys special forces to Haiti to help find 4 missing soldiers who came under attack
Two officials have told The Associated Press that El Salvador has deployed 100 special forces soldiers to Haiti to help recover four missing soldiers from the Central American country who recently came under attack by gangs. The special forces arrived…
Four Salvadorans in the violence of Haitian gangsters – and President Nayib Bukele sends out the military. After a brutal ambush, El Salvador has launched a rescue operation. Bukele threatens the kidnappers with a massive offensive if the men don't return alive. The president, who had the notorious gangs of his own country smashed, is now taking Haiti's gang bosses.
‘We can deal with you too’: Bukele warns Haitian gangs over missing soldiers
The warning marks an escalation in the public response to the disappearance of the four soldiers, whose vehicle was set on fire during an Oct. 18 ambush in Santo. The soldiers remain missing as the U.N.-backed Gang Suppression Force and other security personnel conduct search operations. Their whereabouts and condition remained unknown as of Wednesday.
El Salvadoran President Launches Mission in Haiti to Rescue Gang Hostages
El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has launched a military operation in a bid to rescue four of his country’s soldiers who were kidnapped by out-of-control gangs in Haiti. The soldiers, who were working as aviation technicians as part of the United Nations mission to Haiti, were attacked on Sunday by a gang in the Santo area of Croix-des-Bouquets, a suburb of the capital of Port-au-Prince. The gang set the soldiers’ armored vehicle on fire. El…
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