El Salvador Sends Special Forces to Haiti Amid Rising Gang Violence and Soldier Abduction

10/23/2026

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele threatens a harsher military response if Haitian gangs don’t return four Salvadoran members of a U.N.-backed force alive.

10/22/2026

El Salvador deployed 100 special forces soldiers to Haiti on Thursday to help rescue four missing soldiers from the Central American country who recently came under attack by gangs, two officials...

10/22/2026

Two officials have told The Associated Press that El Salvador has deployed 100 special forces soldiers to Haiti to help recover four missing soldiers from the Central American country who recently...

10/21/2026

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