# Bukele’s anti-gang campaign goes abroad as El Salvador rushes troops to Haiti

https://mins.news/en/item/121587

- Reuters, 2026-10-29 22:50 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/bukeles-gang-offensive-goes-abroad-el-salvador-rushes-troops-haiti-2026-10-29/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ae3cda227f3420001c8e3b7

> El Salvador has sent thousands of troops to Haiti days after four Salvadoran members of a UN-backed force went missing in a gang ambush. The deployment is the first major overseas test of President Nayib Bukele’s anti-gang tactics.

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