President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele announced on Wednesday the launch of a military operation in Haiti to rescue the four Salvadoran Air Force personnel who went missing during a weekend ambush by local violent gangs.
\n\nBukele, in a social media post written in Haitian Creole, detailed that the four Salvadoran aviation technicians are being held hostage by gangs and are not combatants, as El Salvador’s mission in Haiti as part of the U.N. Security Council-approved Gang Suppression Force (GSF) consists of pilots and technical personnel tasked with carrying out medical evacuations and saving lives, “not to wage war.”
\n\n“However, they were kidnapped in a cowardly manner while returning after buying food at a market in the area,” Bukele’s message reads in part. “That is why, today [Wednesday], we have launched a military operation to rescue them. We have a single objective: to bring our four compatriots back home alive, without any harm.”
\n\nArmored police vehicles that are part of the Gang Suppression Force (GSF) patrol the Tabarre neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, October 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
\n\nThe Salvadoran president emphatically warned the gang leaders to “understand one thing very clearly: today’s attack is nothing compared to what…
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