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Salvadoran-backed air assault destroys Haiti gang headquarters as search for four missing troops goes on

Published 6:00 AM CT, Thursday, November 12, 2026 · Updated 6:10 AM CT
In the 6 AM CT update

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said airstrikes Sunday near Port-au-Prince hit strongholds of the 400 Mawozo gang and the home of its leader, in an operation by a Haitian police task force backed by Salvadoran troops, Fox News reported, citing the Miami Herald. The strikes are tied to the search for four Salvadoran members of a U.N.-backed security mission missing since a gang ambush on Oct. 18. Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé thanked Bukele, saying "THE GANGS WILL GET NO SLEEP!"

• Haiti
• El Salvador
• Nayib Bukele
• 400 Mawozo
• Gangs
• Port-au-Prince
• Gang Suppression Force
• Alix Didier Fils-Aimé
• Kidnapping