El Salvador-backed air assault destroys Haiti gang headquarters amid search for missing troops
18 ambush, authorities recovered a burned armored vehicle with no trace of the four missing Salvadoran personnel, prompting El Salvador to deploy thousands of additional troops to assist in the search.
Key points
- BUKELE WARNS HAITIAN GANG LEADERS THAT HIS FORCES WILL 'FINISH' THEM AS HE DID IN EL SALVADOR The operation appears to be part of an ongoing military effort in response to the disappearance of four Salvadoran members of a U.N.-backed security mission abducted in a gang ambush near Port-au-Prince Oct.
- The attack took place Sunday near Port-au-Prince and was carried out by a Haitian police task force backed by Salvadoran troops, The Miami Herald reported.
- Haiti, El Salvador, GSF: same fight, same determination!
El Salvador's president on Tuesday said the country's military helped deliver a devastating air assault against the headquarters of one of Haiti's most powerful criminal gangs, which has been linked to mass kidnappings, weapons trafficking and extortion.
Additional details
- While Salvadoran officials believe the men were abducted and survived, one gang leader claimed they were dead.
- Airstrikes targeted strongholds belonging to 400 Mawozo and the home of its leader, Lanmò San Jou, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said.
- As many as 20 people are believed to have been killed in the operation, according to The Miami Herald, citing anonymous sources.
- "Hats off to President Nayib Bukele @nayibbukele for your support and commitment to the national fight against gangs.
- Videos showed several helicopters launching airstrikes against multiple compounds inside sprawling complexes.
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