El Salvador says Haiti gangs holding 4 force members hostage, announces new rescue mission

El Salvador says Haiti gangs holding 4 force members hostage, announces new rescue mission

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele on Wednesday said ​that Haitian gangs were holding four Salvadaron ​members of an international UN-backed ‌security ​force hostage, and that he had launched a military operation to being them back unharmed.

El Salvador's military and the Gang Suppression ‌Force, mandated to help Haitian police fight powerful gangs, earlier this week announced efforts to recover the missing Salvadorans, but said intense fighting in the area had limited access.

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