El Salvador’s Bukele touts military intervention in Haiti

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has posted videos of heavily armed soldiers from his country patrolling streets in Haiti and being greeted by locals. The posts come as Haitian authorities say they have found the vehicle used by four Salvadoran aviation technicians who were attacked by gangs more than two weeks ago, but have yet to find the men themselves.

The country’s national police posted photos of the burned remains of a truck it said was used by the group, found in the Santo neighbourhood in the Croix-des-Bouquets community outside the capital of Port-au-Prince on Tuesday. The area, like much of the capital, has been under the control of gangs, which authorities are struggling to wrest control from.

Police were conducting a joint operation along with the United Nations-backed multinational Gang Suppression Force (GSF) and Salvadoran troops when they found the vehicles. The disappearance of the four men on October 18 prompted the right-wing leader of El Salvador to dispatch more than 2,000 troops along with military hardware to the Caribbean nation.