Bukele launches military op to rescue Salvadorans held by Haiti gangs
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 22 Oct, 03:03 · Archive
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele has launched a military operation to rescue four Salvadoran aviation technicians kidnapped by gangs in Haiti. The technicians have been missing since they fled a burning armoured vehicle after gangs opened fire on it three days earlier in the Santo area of Croix-des-Bouquets, Port-au-Prince. This was the first major attack since an international gang suppression force began operating in the violence-wracked Caribbean country.
Bukele addressed Haitian gang leaders directly, demanding they return the Salvadorans 'alive, unharmed' and warning that if they do, 'everything will go back to the way it was before the kidnapping.' If not, he said it would result in a more powerful operation. 'Today's attack is nothing compared to what is coming if they do not release the four hostages alive. And do not take our words as empty threats,' he wrote on X.
It was not immediately clear what further action Bukele intended or whether any would be carried out by Salvadoran, Haitian or international security forces. Bukele shared video of armoured vehicles with shattered windows driving through plumes of smoke.
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- Bukele says military operation launched to rescue Salvadorans held by gangs in HaitiEl Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele says he has launched a military operation to rescue four Salvadoran aviation technicians kidnapped by gangs in Haiti.News4Jax · 21 Oct, 22:49
- Bukele says military operation launched to rescue Salvadorans held by gangs in HaitiEl Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele says he has launched a military operation to rescue four Salvadoran aviation technicians kidnapped by gangs in Haiti.Clickorlando · 21 Oct, 22:49
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