Those Haitian gangbangers may have made a big mistake.
From the BBC, October 28:
El Salvador has deployed more than 2,000 soldiers to Haiti as part of a mission to retrieve four nationals who went missing in the Caribbean country almost two weeks ago.
The "robust deployment" was communicated by El Salvador President Nayib Bukele to the Prime Minister of Haiti Alix Didier Fils-Aime earlier this week, the foreign ministry of El Salvador said in a statement on Wednesday.
Bukele said the soldiers would also assist ongoing "security efforts against gangs in Haiti", the statement continued.
Tensions between the two central American countries have escalated over the disappearance of the four air force technicians working as part of a UN-backed anti-gang organisation in Haiti.
The four soldiers with the Gang Suppression Force (GSF) were travelling back to their base in an armoured vehicle when they were ambushed in an area of the Caribbean island nation controlled by armed groups called Croix-des-Bouquets.
No gang has so far claimed responsibility.
The Salvadoran foreign ministry said the "large-scale operation" was "supported by various countries and international organisations".
Earlier this week, Haiti handed four bodies over to special forces claiming they belonged to those of the missing servicemen, but Bukele said they did not match.
He said one of the corpses was a child's and another was wearing a different country's military uniform.
Bukele threatened last week in an X post to wipe out Haiti's gangs, saying he will replicate action he has taken in El Salvador, if they did not release the Salvadorans....
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From El Salvador INFO, October 21:
El Salvador Homicide Rate: From the World’s Most Violent Country to a Regional Security Model
The El Salvador Homicide Rate has dropped dramatically in recent years, marking a major change for a country that once struggled with some of the world’s highest levels of violence.
For decades, gang activity, organized crime, and widespread insecurity affected everyday life. Today, the country’s declining homicide numbers have become a central part of discussions about public safety and security in El Salvador.
Understanding these changes requires more than looking at annual statistics. Historical trends, government security policies, and questions about how authorities classify deaths all help explain El Salvador’s changing homicide figures.
El Salvador Homicide Rate Year Total Homicides Daily Homicide Rate Homicides per 100,000 Inhabitants 2026 (Oct 20) 49 0.17 0.96 2025 82 0.22 1.36 2024 114 0.31 1.89 2023 156 0.43 2.4 2022 495 1.36 7.8 2021 1152 3.16 18.1 2020 1341 3.67 21.2 2019 2398 6.57 35.8 2018 3346 9.17 50.4 2017 3962 10.85 60.2 2016 5280 14.47 81.0 2015 6656 18.24 106.3 2014 3921 10.74 61.3 2013 2513 6.88 40.6
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