Can Bukele Beat Haiti’s Gangs?

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.