El Salvador Launches Military Operation to Rescue Soldiers Held Hostage by Gangs in Haiti

10/22/2026

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele said Wednesday he had launched a military operation to rescue four Salvadoran aviation technicians kidnapped by gangs in Haiti.(Image credit: Odelyn Joseph)

10/21/2026

El ​Salvador's President Nayib Bukele said Wednesday that Haitian gangs were holding hostage four Salvadoran members of an international UN-backed security force, and that he had launched a...

10/21/2026

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele on Wednesday said that Haitian gangs were holding four Salvadaron members of an international UN-backed security force hostage, and that he had

10/21/2026

Four members of El Salvador’s military were abducted Sunday in Haiti, and their president wants them back.

10/20/2026

The Salvadorans, members of the U.N.-backed Gang Suppression Force, came under attack in Croix-des-Bouquets, where 17 members of a U.S. missionary group were abducted in 2021.