El Salvador Says Haiti Gangs Holding 4 Force Members Hostage, Announces New Rescue Mission
Bukele said the four missing Salvadorans were aviation technicians, and the UN-backed force has reached just over a third of its planned size.
- 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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Bukele Released an Ultimatum to Haitian Gangs Who Kidnapped Four Salvadoran Soldiers After an Ambush
The president said that the aviation technicians, who are part of an international mission supported by the UN, were abducted after an ambush.
President announces military operation to rescue aviation technicians
SAN SALVADOR (AP) — El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, announced Wednesday that he has launched a military operation to rescue four Salvadoran aviation technicians missing after the gang attack on an armored vehicle in Haiti...
Now in the g1 The President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, said on Wednesday (21) that Haitian criminal groups keep four Salvadorans hostage. According to him, the government started a military operation to rescue them. ✅ Follow the international news channel of the g1 in WhatsApp The four men are part of an international security force supported by the United Nations (UN), created to help Haitian police fight armed gangs. The Salvadorans disappe…
Military operation launched in Haiti to rescue UN force members held hostage by gangs: El Salvador president
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele said Wednesday that Haitian gangs were holding hostage four Salvadoran members of an international UN-backed security force, and that he had launched a military operation to bring them back unharmed.
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