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El Salvador Sends 1,000 Troops to Haiti
El Salvador deploys 1,000 soldiers to Haiti after four air force members go missing.
In brief
El Salvador deploys 1,000 soldiers to Haiti after four air force members go missing. El Salvador sent 1,000 soldiers to Haiti to recover four missing air force members after a gang ambush. Originally reported by The Straits Times.
El Salvador deploys troops to Haiti
Around 1,000 soldiers from El Salvador have been sent to Haiti in recent days after four Salvadoran members of the UN-backed Gang Suppression Force went missing.
Missing soldiers' fate unclear
It remains unclear who will command the new Salvadoran contingent and how long they will operate in Haiti.
Haiti's gang crisis
The government has struggled to rally foreign support to fight armed gangs that displaced nearly 1.5 million people.
Salvadoran president's claim
President Nayib Bukele said the missing soldiers were air force technicians returning from a market and believed to be held hostage by criminal groups.
The headline
El Salvador sent 1,000 soldiers to Haiti to recover four missing air force members after a gang ambush.
