President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele announced Thursday that Haitian and Salvadoran forces took control of a soccer stadium in Port-au-Prince that was controlled by deadly gang members for the past two years.
\n\nBukele stated that “several human skulls” were discovered inside the stadium, which will now be used as an operational base to continue advancing deeper into gang-controlled territories in the Haitian capital.
\n\nPort-au-Prince’s Stade Sylvio Cator is a 10,000-capacity stadium that gangsters seized control of in February 2024. France 24 pointed out that the situation forced the Haitian national soccer team to play its FIFA World Cup qualifying matches in Curaçao.
\n\nOn Thursday, President Bukele detailed in a social media post written in Haitian Creole that the joint operation took place as part of the bilateral agreement between the Haitian and Salvadoran governments. It reportedly involved the Haitian National Police (PNH), the Haitian Armed Forces (FAd’H), the Task Force private security group serving the Haitian government, and Salvadoran Special Forces — all of whom successfully took control and secured the Stade Sylvio Cator stadium.
\n\nBukele stressed in the message, “We now have the advantage on the ground,” and firmly urged all gang members to “leave the area before…
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