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Bukele

1. Follow-up: Four Salvadoran soldiers missing after gang ambush in Haiti; Bukele says military rescue under way

   The New York Times and BBC Mundo reported that four Salvadoran air force technicians were ambushed by gangs on the afternoon of Oct 18 in Croix-des-Bouquets near Port-au-Prince while returning to base from a supermarket; their armoured vehicle was blown up and set alight, and the four escaped but remain missing. They belong to the multinational Gang Suppression Force created by the UN Security Council in October 2025. President Bukele addressed the gangs in Creole on X on Oct 21 demanding their release and said a military rescue operation was under way; Haitian police and the force said several gang members were killed in local operations.

   Oct 22, 2026 Afternoon