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El Salvador deploys special forces to Haiti to help find 4 missing soldiers who came under attack

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Coto, D., & Janetsky, M. (2026, October 22). El Salvador deploys special forces to Haiti to help find 4 missing soldiers who came under attack. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/americas/el-salvador-deploys-special-forces-to-haiti-to-help-find-4-missing-soldiers-who-came-under-attack/article_47ce3f52-2e28-54fa-a664-92436bca9f7e.html

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-10-22 · by Dánica Coto, Megan Janetsky

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El Salvador sent 100 special forces soldiers to Haiti on Thursday to assist in locating four missing soldiers who were attacked by gangs. The deployment came after Salvadorean President Nayib Bukele vowed military action to rescue the technicians, emphasizing that they must be returned alive and unharmed.
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El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele announced on October 21 that he had launched a military operation to rescue four Salvadoran aviation technicians kidnapped by Haitian gangs. The technicians went missing after their armored vehicle was ambushed and set on fire in the Santo area of Croix-des-Bouquets, near Port-au-Prince, Haiti, three days earlier while they were returning from a market trip. El Salvador deployed 100 special forces soldiers to Haiti on October 22 to assist with the rescue mission.

On October 24, the New York Times reported that bodies believed to be those of the missing Salvadoran technicians had been found outside Port-au-Prince and were handed over to a Salvadoran military team. The remains were badly burned, requiring autopsies for identification. President Bukele warned earlier in his X post (formerly Twitter) that if the hostages were not returned alive and unharmed, there would be a more forceful response.

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📰 El Salvador Military Operation In Haiti
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Central American El Salvador Haiti Puerto Rico SAN JUAN

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Central American NORP · 1× El Salvador GPE · 1× Haiti GPE · 1× Nayib Bukele PERSON · 1× Puerto Rico GPE · 1× SAN JUAN GPE · 1× Salvadorean NORP · 1× The Associated Press ORG · 1×

Narrative

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — El Salvador deployed 100 special forces soldiers to Haiti on Thursday to help rescue four missing soldiers from the Central American country who recently came under attack by gangs, two officials told The Associated Press.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-23
2026-10-23 · Toronto Star
El Salvador deploys special forces to Haiti to help find 4 missing soldiers who came under attack · assertive framing

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — El Salvador deployed 100 special forces soldiers to Haiti on Thursday to help rescue four missing soldiers from the Central American country who recently came under attack by gangs, two officials told The Associated Press. asserted
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The special forces arrived a day after Salvadorean President Nayib Bukele announced a military operation to rescue the four aviation technicians and threatened a more forceful response if they’re not released alive and unharmed. asserted
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