The Canada Brief

World · 6 d ago

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Alex Proimos from Sydney, Australia · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

El Salvador sends more than 2,000 soldiers to Haiti to search for four missing airmen

Croix-des-Bouquets

East of Port-au-Prince, Haiti

The four air force technicians disappeared on Oct 18 when armed men ambushed their vehicle. They were serving with the UN-backed Gang Suppression Force.

What we know

  • Four Salvadorans vanished Oct 18
  • Bukele rejected the four bodies

Not yet

  • Who is holding them
  • Whether troops join the UN force

Haiti handed over four bodies, but President Nayib Bukele said they did not match the missing men. No gang has claimed responsibility.

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Haiti also moved its first-round elections from Dec 13 to Jul 18, 2027, citing gang violence.