Bukele threatens Haitian gangs after Salvadoran soldiers are abducted

El Salvador has launched a military operation to rescue four of its soldiers, aviation technicians with the UN-backed Gang Suppression Force, who were abducted in Haiti, President Nayib Bukele said. The men went missing after fleeing a burning armoured vehicle in Santo, Croix-des-Bouquets, Port-au-Prince, following a gang attack three days earlier. Bukele warned that El Salvador would respond more forcefully unless the soldiers were released alive and well. Haiti’s government called their release an “absolute priority,” but it was unclear whether authorities had confirmation that the men were alive.