El Salvador sends 2,000 troops to Haiti to rescue four missing soldiers
- 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.
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- 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.
Sources: BBC News