Skip to playerSkip to main content
  • 2 hours ago
2,000 Salvadoran troops take quarters in Haiti to help fight gangs

The deployment followed a gang attack on four Salvadoran members of the Gang Suppression Force who went missing

READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2026/10/31/2000-salvadoran-troops-take-quarters-in-haiti-to-help-fight-gangs

Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.

Africanews is available in English and French.
Website : www.africanews.com
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/
Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

Category

🗞
News
Transcript
00:01A convoy of heavily armed Salvadoran troops was seen in the Tabaré neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital, on
00:09Friday.
00:10They are part of 2,000 troops that El Salvador President Nayib Bukele deployed to the embattled country this week.
00:17The deployment followed a gang attack on four Salvadoran members of the gang suppression force who went missing.
00:25The Haitian government says they were abducted.
00:28Bukele wrote on X Thursday that his country, quote, only wants to bring home the four missing aviation technicians, end
00:35of quote.
00:37Social media in Haiti was awash this week with videos of gang leaders defying El Salvador's president and promising to,
00:44quote, outgun his troops, but no one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
00:50A convoy seen in Port-au-Prince on Friday included new armored vehicles with soldiers carrying automatic weapons.
00:57More than 5,700 people have been killed or wounded in Haiti from January to mid-September, according to the
01:05UN.
01:07Despite the deployment of more personnel, gangs still control large parts of Haiti, including in the capital, Port-au-Prince.
01:16Of course!
01:17Of course!
01:17Of course!
01:18Just some people will keep their home, but also the other people that come in.

Recommended