El Salvador has deployed about 450 troops to Haiti after four aviation technicians disappeared following a gang ambush, while officials dispute reports that recovered bodies belonged to them.
El Salvador’s troop presence in Haiti has swelled to at least 600, according to a top researcher, a reflection of President Nayib Bukele’s efforts to find four kidnapped soldiers in the troubled Caribbean nation.
El Salvador has now sent more than 2,000 troops to Haiti — its largest foreign deployment in decades — as it rushes to locate and rescue four soldiers who are believed to be hostages of powerful gangs.
El Salvador has sent more than 2,000 soldiers to Haiti to search for four missing military technicians after an ambush and assist operations against armed gangs.
The foreign ministry of El Salvador said on Wednesday that over 2,000 troops will be dispatched to Haiti to support ongoing U.N. anti-gang operations and rescue four missing Salvadoran aircraft technicians.
