Four Salvadoran soldiers are missing after a gang attack in Haiti

Gangs attacked the soldiers' armoured vehicle with explosives on Oct 18 in Croix-des-Bouquets, near Port-au-Prince, and the four men escaped the burning vehicle.

The four aviation technicians, part of the UN-backed Gang Suppression Force, have not been located, and helicopters sent to find them came under fire.

“We believe the four men survived, but we still have no news of them,” the US ambassador to the UN told the Security Council.

— Mike Waltz, US ambassador to the UN

Share of the capital held by gangs

70 %

Gangs control an estimated 70 per cent of Port-au-Prince as Haiti prepares for its first elections in more than a decade.