Bukele: Salvadoran Troops Destroyed Haitian Gang Headquarters
Bukele said the strike targeted the gang’s headquarters and followed an online tip, while reports said as many as 20 people were killed.
- On Sunday, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele's forces destroyed the home of gang leader Lanmo San Jou, which served as the 400 Mawozo gang's headquarters in Croix-des-Bouquets, near Port-au-Prince.
- Bukele fulfilled a promise made on X after a user challenged him to destroy the headquarters, posting video of helicopters firing on the site on Tuesday.
- The Miami Herald reported that 20 people died during the operation, as more than 2,000 Salvadoran troops have recently doubled the foreign contingent operating within Haiti.
- Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime praised the intervention on Tuesday, while Dominican President Luis Abinader urged El Salvador and the GSF to "reach an agreement and coordinate" their actions.
- As the Caribbean island nation prepares for its first elections in over a decade next year, Amnesty International urged compliance with international human rights law on Monday.
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RIO DE JANEIRO. El Salvadoran soldiers have destroyed the headquarters of Haiti's most powerful gang. About twenty gang members were reportedly killed in the attack. It is the first success in the fight against the gangs in several years and is seen as a victory for El Salvador's President Bukele, who ordered the attack.
"We kept our promise." With those words, Salvadoran President Bukele announced that he had destroyed the suspected headquarters of one of the largest criminal gangs in Haiti. It is believed to be the home of Wilson Joseph, also known as Lanmò San Jou, the leader of the 400 Mawozo gang. "Most of them ran away without even fighting back," Bukele wrote on X. "What cowards!" Footage shows helicopters opening fire on the complex. As plumes of black…
Nayib Bukele Destroys Haitian Gang Headquarters Identified on X Community Notes
President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele announced on Tuesday that Salvadoran troops deployed in Haiti "destroyed" a facility described as the headquarters of the deadly Haitian gang 400 Mawozo.
Helicopter footage shows operation against Haiti gang leader
Footage shows helicopters preparing for takeoff, launches from the air and smoke over a residential area during an operation reportedly targeting the home of Wilson Joseph, also known as Lanmo San Jou, and the headquarters of Haiti’s 400 Mawozo gang.
The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, has dealt a blow to the gangs in Haiti. On Wednesday, it was confirmed that the Salvadoran Army, with the support of the Haitian Police, has destroyed the headquarters of one of the main gangs that hit the Caribbean country. The operation, which has taken place east of Port-au-Prince, is a direct reaction to the disappearance of four Salvadoran soldiers who, last month, carried out surveillance work wh…
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