El Salvador Deploys About 2,000 Troops to Haiti

El Salvador has deployed about 2,000 soldiers to Haiti, with President Nayib Bukele saying the nearly completed mission aims to bring home four missing aviation technicians and that his government is paying 90% of its costs. A security official told Reuters that roughly 2,000 Salvadoran troops were in Haiti by Wednesday night. Two people familiar with the deployment said the contingent would initially be capped at 2,500. The troops’ command structure, rules of engagement and length of stay have not been made clear. The four technicians were assigned to Haiti’s United Nations-backed Gang Suppression Force. They went missing after an October 18 ambush on their vehicle in the Santo area of Croix-des-Bouquets, east of Port-au-Prince. The Haitian government said the men were abducted. Bukele said Haiti had handed over four bodies identified as the technicians, but that they did not match the missing men. Their fate has not been established. Bukele said on October 29 that El Salvador’s deployment was nearly complete and described the operation as focused on recovering the technicians. He said the mission was not directed against Haitians and was not an invasion. Haiti’s government...