El Salvador Sends 2,000+ Troops to Haiti After Four Soldiers Seized by Gangs
Photo: The New York TimesEl Salvador has sent more than 2,000 troops to Haiti this week to help fight armed gangs and recover four of its military personnel seized in an ambush. Gangs hit the soldiers' armored vehicle on Oct. 18 in Croix-des-Bouquets. The four were aviation technicians with the UN-backed Gang Suppression Force, according to reports. The deployment has grown toward 2,500 troops, the Miami Herald reported. President Nayib Bukele called President Trump on Tuesday to check that Washington would not object, Axios reported Friday. Haiti's government agreed to the operation, and Trump reportedly told Bukele to do what he had to do. Secretary of State Marco Rubio reportedly opposed the plan, and Bukele's requests for US drones and transport aircraft were rejected. Bukele said on X that El Salvador is not seeking financial gain. A nongovernmental organization handed over four badly burned bodies it said were the missing men. Bukele rejected that claim, saying the remains included a child and a body in another country's uniform.
The New York Times, the left-leaning outlet, frames the story as a test of Bukele's role with the headline "Could El Salvador's Bukele Be Haiti's Savior?" Its excerpt calls the more than 2,000 troops an extraordinary deployment on foreign soil and does not mention the ambush or the Trump call. The Daily Caller, on the right, leads with the rescue, saying gangs kidnapped four soldiers and Bukele "flooded" Haiti with troops. It cites the BBC, AP and Miami Herald, gives the Oct. 18 ambush details and the dispute over the bodies, and includes Bukele's Creole message to Haitians. Both sides report the scale of the deployment and Bukele's central role. Alternative outlets Axios and TRT World add the US diplomatic angle: Trump's approval, Rubio's reported opposition and the rejected equipment requests.
How the sides differ Left sources frame the deployment as an extraordinary move that raises a question about Bukele's role; right sources stress the rescue of kidnapped soldiers; alternative sources stress Trump's approval.
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The New York Times asks in its headline whether Bukele could be Haiti's savior and stresses the scale of the deployment, more than 2,000 troops on foreign soil. The excerpt gives no other voices.
Axios and TRT World lead with the scoop that Trump approved the deployment in a call with Bukele. They add Rubio's reported opposition, rejected equipment requests, a possible Colombian supply channel and Bukele's X post.
The Daily Caller leads with the rescue of four soldiers seized by gangs, citing the BBC, AP and Miami Herald. It covers the ambush, the dispute over the bodies and Bukele's message to Haitians.