# El Salvador president says bodies found in Haiti are not those of hostages

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/el-salvador-president-says-bodies-found-in-haiti-are-not-those-of-hostages/
- Published: 2026-10-25T10:55:33+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-25T11:22:32+00:00
- Original publisher: BBC World (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8ly097zw1xwo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Topics: Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Bukele says the bodies handed to Salvadoran forces are not the missing men.
- About 450 Salvadoran soldiers were reportedly deployed to Haiti.
- The four technicians disappeared after an ambush in a gang-controlled area.

## Summary

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele said four bodies handed to his forces in Haiti were not those of the four Salvadoran air technicians missing after an ambush. The men were serving with a UN-backed force tackling gang violence, and Bukele said his military contingent had been sent to bring them back alive.

Bukele said one body was a child’s and another wore a uniform from a different country; the remains also included foreign identification cards and uniforms. About 450 Salvadoran soldiers had been deployed, according to a Haitian newspaper, while an earlier report that the bodies might be the missing men said they were badly burned and needed medical identification. The four had been travelling in an armoured vehicle through Croix-des-Bouquets when armed groups attacked; no gang has claimed responsibility.

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