Bukele Cleaned Up El Salvador and Is Now Tackling Haitian Gangs

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has launched a military operation in Haiti to rescue four kidnapped Salvadoran technicians, warning Haitian gangs of consequences. Bukele previously implemented a tough stance against gangs in El Salvador, leading to a significant drop in the country’s homicide rate. Now, he is extending his efforts to Haiti, where gangs control a large portion of the capital and a multinational security force is operating.

• El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has initiated a military operation in Haiti to rescue kidnapped technicians.
• Bukele previously reduced El Salvador’s homicide rate to single digits through a state of exception against gangs.
• Haiti faces a significant challenge with gangs controlling much of Port-au-Prince and displacing nearly 1.5 million people.
• A UN-authorized Gang Suppression Force (GSF) is operating in Haiti, with El Salvador contributing personnel.
• The kidnapped technicians were attacked and abducted in an area controlled by multiple gangs.
• Bukele issued a direct warning to Haitian gang leaders.
• Other countries, like Costa Rica, are adopting El Salvador’s prison model.