Can Bukele Beat Haiti’s Gangs?

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A report examines an October 18, 2026 ambush on a UN-backed convoy outside Port-au-Prince, where gangs attacked a vehicle carrying four Salvadoran airmen; the airmen escaped the burning vehicle and then disappeared. Three days later, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele addressed Haitian gang leaders in Haitian Creole, prompting questions about whether his approach to gangs could be applied in Haiti.

This video examines the October 18, 2026 ambush of a UN-backed convoy outside Port-au-Prince, where gangs attacked with explosives and fire a vehicle carrying four Salvadoran airmen. The airmen escaped the burning vehicle and then disappeared. Three days later, President Nayib Bukele addressed Haitian gang leaders in Haitian Creole. He stated that El Salvador had finished with its own gangs … Read more The post Can Bukele Beat Haiti’s Gangs? appeared first on Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University.