Salvadoran troops target Haitian gang, leaving 20 dead

Salvadoran troops backed the police operation ahead of the Haitian prime minister’s visit to El Salvador.Published On 10 Nov 202610 Nov 2026El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele said that Salvadoran troops have targeted one of Haiti’s largest criminal organisations. It comes amid international calls to respect international human rights law.Bukele announced the attack on Tuesday on the social media platform X.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3El Salvador pledges more than 2,000 soldiers as Haiti delays electionslist 2 of 3El Salvador’s Bukele touts military intervention in Haitilist 3 of 3‘One less gang leader’: Haiti’s prime minister celebrates police operationend of list“We destroyed the house of [gang leader] Lanmo San Jou and the 400 Mawozo gang’s headquarters,” the right-wing leader wrote.Bukele posted a video of helicopters circling overhead and firing on the site in Croix-des-Bouquets, near Port-au-Prince.The operation was reportedly conducted on Sunday by Haitian police with support from Salvadoran troops, and resulted in the killing of 20 people.The announcement comes as Haiti’s prime minister, Alix Didier Fils-Aime, prepares to visit El Salvador next week to di...