Big Hostage Crisis: El Salvador's Bukele Sends 2,000 Elite Forces to 'Defeat' Haiti Gangs | Vantage Nov 03, 2026

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El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele has announced land operations in the Caribbean Nation of Haiti. El Salvador has deployed 2,000 elite troops to Haiti after 4 Salvadoran air force technicians were taken hostage by Haitian Gangs. Nayib Bukele has pledged to crack down on the gangs in Haiti until they return the 4 captives. The 4 Salvadorans were kidnapped near Croix-des-Bouquets, near Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, while they were returning to their airbase. They were a part of the Gang Suppression Force (GSF) a UN-Backed International security team tasked with bringing normalcy to Haiti. Bukele is popular for his crackdown on criminal gangs in El Salvador, and his turned his nation into one of the most safest nations in the world. Can he bring back the 4 Salvadoran hostages? Gursshheen Gahllen tells you more on Vantage on Firstpost.

00:00 - El Salvador deploys elite troops to Haiti
00:50 - Port-au-Prince gang crisis & hostage ambush
01:58 - Bukele issues ultimatum to Haitian gangs
03:33 - Rise in gang attacks against suppression forces
03:54 - Bukele's anti-gang record in El Salvador
04:30 - Challenges of foreign intervention in Haiti

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