El Salvador pledges more than 2,000 soldiers as Haiti delays elections

El Salvador troops to support rescue mission to find four UN-backed soldiers who disappeared after ambush.Published On 29 Oct 202629 Oct 2026El Salvador plans to send more than 2,000 soldiers to Haiti to search for four missing Salvadoran aviation technicians and fight armed gangs, as the Caribbean country postpones its elections again.El Salvador‘s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the deployment on Wednesday, the same day Haiti’s electoral authorities moved the first round of presidential and parliamentary elections from December 13 to July 18, 2027.Recommended Stories list of 2 itemslist 1 of 2Search under way for four soldiers missing after gang attack in Haitilist 2 of 2El Salvador’s Bukele threatens Haitian gangs over abducted soldiersend of listThe delay is another setback to restoring elected government in a country where gang violence has made preparations for voting dangerous.The four Salvadorans disappeared on October 18 after armed men ambushed their vehicle in Croix-des-Bouquets, east of the capital, Port-au-Prince.They were serving with an international security mission supporting Haitian police.President Nayib Bukele has already sent troops to help find them.In a...