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El Salvador sends 2,000 troops to Haiti to find four missing soldiers

· Port-au-Prince, Haiti · single source so far

El Salvador is sending 2,000 troops to Haiti to recover four military personnel who went missing in an ambush on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince.

Location
Port-au-Prince, Haiti · Haiti live map
Coordinates
18.59°N 72.31°W
Reported
29 Oct 2026, 06:24 UTC
Category
Conflict · Ground fighting
Impact
2 of 5 · Notable
Situation
Haiti security crisis
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El Salvador sends 2,000 troops to Haiti to find four missing soldiers

El Salvador is sending 2,000 troops to Haiti to recover four UN-backed force members who went missing in an ambush on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince. Earlier, a Haitian security official told Reuters about 1,000 Salvadoran soldiers had already been deployed. Haiti has also delayed its elections. A new report says nearly six million people face severe hunger.

  • The four missing personnel are Salvadoran members of the UN-backed force.
  • Almost two million people in Haiti face emergency levels of hunger, according to the report.
  • Haiti has delayed its elections.
Updated 29 Oct 2026, 09:09 UTC · Written by Claude from the reports on this page and on the map. Check the linked sources for full details.

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