Haiti PM praises Bukele after Salvadoran troops help destroy gang headquarters

Haiti's prime minister praised Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele on Tuesday after his country's troops helped destroy the alleged home of a powerful Haitian gang leader. The note of support from Alix Didier Fils-Aime, in a post on X, comes amid a deployment by Bukele of more than 2,000 soldiers into Haiti. The move, which followed the disappearance of four Salvadoran soldiers, has raised concerns about the contingent's rules of engagement and coordination with other security forces, including the UN-backed Gang Suppression Force (GSF). "We destroyed the house of (gang leader) Lanmo San Jou and the 400 Mawozo gang's headquarters," Bukele wrote Tuesday on X, in Haitian Creole. The right-wing leader posted video of at least three helicopters circling overhead and firing on the two-story house in Croix-des-Bouquets, near the capital Port-au-Prince. People are seen fleeing the area. The Miami Herald newspaper reported that the attack took place on Sunday and was conducted by a Haitian police task force backed by Salvadoran troops. Twenty people died, it wrote on Monday, citing anonymous sources. "I salute the commitment of the Salvadoran forces in the fight against gangs," File-Aime wro...