# El Salvador launches military operation in Haiti to free four kidnapped aviation technicians

https://mins.news/en/item/110537

- euronews, 2026-10-22 04:10 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/22/el-salvador-launches-military-operation-in-haiti-to-free-four-kidnapped-aviation-technicia

> El Salvador has launched a military operation in Haiti to free four kidnapped aviation technicians. Bukele warned that if the men, missing since an armoured vehicle was attacked on Sunday, are not freed, a much more powerful operation will follow.

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