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El Salvador’s Bukele says bodies found in Haiti are not those of missing Salvadorans

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SAN SALVADOR (AP) — El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele on Saturday denied that human remains handed over to his military teams at Haiti ’s airport were the bodies of the four Salvadorans reported missing after coming under attack by gangs on Oct. 18.

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  1. WTOP Washington DC

    El Salvador’s Bukele says bodies found in Haiti are not those of missing Salvadorans (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    SAN SALVADOR (AP) — El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele on Saturday denied that human remains handed over to his military teams at Haiti ’s airport were the bodies of the four Salvadorans reported missing after coming under attack by gangs on Oct. 18.

  2. Hawaiitribune Herald

    Remains found in Haiti could be those of missing Salvadoran soldiers (opens Hawaiitribune Herald)

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    Doctors were examining burned remains found Saturday to determine if they were the bodies of four Salvadoran soldiers who disappeared after being deployed to Haiti on an international mission to crack down on gangs, according to three people close to the mission.

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