# Haiti PM praises Bukele after Salvadoran troops help destroy gang headquarters

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/haiti-pm-praises-bukele-after-salvadoran-troops-help-destroy-gang-headquarters/
- Published: 2026-11-11T01:41:43+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T03:27:31+00:00
- Original publisher: France 24 (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20261111-haiti-pm-bukele-salvadoran-troops-gang-headquarters
- Topics: Geopolitics, Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Haiti’s prime minister praised Bukele after a gang headquarters was destroyed.
- A report said 20 people died in the Sunday attack.
- More than 2,000 Salvadoran troops are deployed in Haiti.

## Summary

Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé praised El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele after Salvadoran troops supported an operation that destroyed the alleged headquarters of the 400 Mawozo gang near Port-au-Prince. The deployment and attack matter because Salvadoran forces are operating alongside Haitian police and the UN-backed Gang Suppression Force, amid questions about coordination and the troops’ rules of engagement.

Bukele said the target was the home of gang leader Wilson Joseph, also known as Lanmo San Jou, who was reportedly absent. The Miami Herald reported that the Sunday attack was carried out by a Haitian police task force backed by Salvadoran troops and that 20 people died, citing anonymous sources. More than 2,000 Salvadoran soldiers have been deployed to Haiti following the disappearance of four troops in an October ambush; Amnesty International has called for operations to comply with human rights law, while the Dominican Republic urged closer coordination.

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