# El Salvador president says bodies handed over in Haiti are not hostages

https://mins.news/en/item/114631

- BBC News, 2026-10-25 10:55 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8ly097zw1xwo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> President Nayib Bukele said four bodies handed to Salvadoran special forces in Haiti were not the missing Salvadoran hostages. He said one was a child and another wore a different country’s army uniform. The four men had disappeared after armed groups ambushed them.

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