# Bukele warns Haitian gang leaders that his forces will ‘finish’ them as he did in El Salvador

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/bukele-warns-haitian-gang-leaders-that-his-forces-will-finish-them-as-he-did-in-el-salvador/
- Published: 2026-11-04T18:06:46+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T05:49:19+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/world/bukeles-warning-haitian-gang-leaders-forces-finish-el-salvador
- Topics: World

## Key points

- El Salvador sent 2,000 troops to Haiti after four technicians disappeared.
- Bukele says the mission is to recover them alive.
- Rights advocates warn escalation could worsen civilian suffering.

## Summary

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has sent 2,000 troops to Haiti after four Salvadoran military aviation technicians disappeared in an ambush near Port-au-Prince. He says the deployment is intended to find the men alive, not to invade or occupy Haiti, and has warned gangs that his forces could defeat them as they did in El Salvador.

The technicians were serving with a UN-backed security force when their vehicle was attacked in Croix-des-Bouquets on 18 October. Haitian police later found the vehicle burned out but no trace of the men; El Salvador says they were abducted, while Haiti calls them missing and a gang leader says they are dead. Haiti’s transitional government supports the deployment, but rights advocates and gang leaders warn escalation could harm civilians; the UN reports at least 5,700 people killed or injured in gang violence in Haiti since 1 January.

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