El Salvador sends 2,000 troops to Haiti to rescue four missing soldiers
Summary
El Salvador has sent more than 2,000 soldiers to Haiti to search for four air force technicians who went missing nearly two weeks ago and to support efforts against gangs. El Salvador’s president rejected Haiti’s handover of four bodies as a match for the missing soldiers, while the UN says gang violence has killed more than 5,700 people in Haiti this year.Key Facts
- El Salvador’s foreign ministry said President Nayib Bukele informed Haiti’s Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime of the deployment earlier this week.
- The four missing technicians were serving with the UN-backed Gang Suppression Force.
- They were travelling in an armoured vehicle when armed groups ambushed it in Croix-des-Bouquets, an area controlled by gangs.
- No gang has claimed responsibility for the ambush.
- Haiti handed four bodies to special forces, but Bukele said they were not the missing servicemen.
- Bukele said one body was that of a child and another wore a military uniform from a different country.
- The UN Security Council approved expanded powers for the Gang Suppression Force in October last year.
- The UN says more than 5,700 people have been killed in gang-related violence in Haiti this year.
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