# About 1,000 Salvadoran soldiers deployed to Haiti, source says

https://mins.news/en/item/117833

- Reuters, 2026-10-27 17:40 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/around-1000-soldiers-el-salvador-have-deployed-haiti-source-says-2026-10-27/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ae0e20327f3420001c8c7de

> Around 1,000 soldiers from El Salvador have been sent to Haiti in a series of deployments in recent days, a Haitian security official told Reuters. The deployments followed the disappearance of four Salvadoran members of a UN-backed force after a gang ambush.

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