Haiti PM says gang leader Mathias Saintil is dead
Officials said Saintil died after multiple gunshot wounds in a law-enforcement operation, as Haiti and Salvadoran forces expand their campaign against gangs.
- 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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At first El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele threatened the Haitian gangbosses with a major offensive. Now there are at least 2,500 Salvadoran soldiers in the country, armored military vehicles roll through the capital – and even armed robot dogs are used. A football stadium, which has been occupied by criminal gangs for more than two years, has been reclaimed and is now to serve as a starting point for further attacks.
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…
Salvadoran troops bombard the home of a gang member in the Haitian countryside from helicopters.
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