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Haiti PM says gang leader Mathias Saintil is dead

Authorities say the killing is a major blow to gang leadership as Haiti steps up operations with Salvadoran troops and drone support.

  • On Friday, Haiti authorities confirmed the death of gang leader Mathias Saintil, with Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime stating, "One less gang leader. Fight to free the country from the grip of bandits continues with determination."
  • Saintil died Friday following a drone strike in Boston, a gang-controlled neighborhood on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, according to the National Network for the Defense of Human Rights.
  • National Police confirmed Saintil was "neutralised" by "multiple bullets" during the operation, while the United Nations reports gangs control as much as 90 percent of Port-au-Prince.
  • Around 2,000 Salvadoran troops have deployed to Haiti since last month, and some Haitians expressed support for Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele's hard-line approach with pro-Bukele demonstrations on Friday.
  • The Gang Suppression Force, operating under a 12-month mandate, continues to struggle with insufficient resources as the country faces a spiralling humanitarian crisis that has displaced at least 1.4 million people.
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El Salvador uses armed robot dog in operation in Haiti Salvadoran troops bombard the home of a criminal from helicopters over the rural area of Haiti. Civilians applaud uniformed soldiers with camouflage suits marching around the site. Armoured vehicles travel the streets of the Caribbean nation, devastated by gangs. The videos flood the social networks of El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, Salvadoran authorities and an army of pro-governmen…

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Salvadoran troops bombard the home of a gang member in the Haitian countryside from helicopters.

·El Segundo, United States
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Who is Wilson “Lanmò San Jou” Joseph, the powerful gang leader whose home in Haiti Bukele claims to have destroyed By: Leire Ventas Author's title, BBC News correspondent World in Los Angeles “We have destroyed the home of Lanmò San Jou and the headquarters of 400 Mawozo.” This was the announcement by the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, this Tuesday on social network X. Next to the message, written in Haitian creole, shared a video that …

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