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El Salvador to Send 2,000 Troops to Haiti Rescue

By Drooid · Oct 29, 2026 · How we work

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Summary

El Salvador will send 2,000 soldiers to Haiti to rescue four technicians and aid anti-gang security.
President Nayib Bukele discussed the deployment with Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime.
The four Salvadoran aircraft technicians were ambushed on Port-au-Prince’s outskirts last week.
Haiti’s electoral council postponed the presidential election, setting a new first round for July 18, 2027.
Troops will operate under a Gang Suppression Force, but El Salvador has not clarified command.

History

Operation Uphold Democracy, authorized by UN Security Council Resolution 940 on 31 July 1994, saw the United States deploy roughly 20,000 troops to Haiti, securing Port-au-Prince and enabling President Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s return on 15 October. President Nayib Bukele’s 2024 decision to send 2,000 Salvadoran soldiers to aid Haiti’s Gang Suppression Force echoes that earlier foreign-troop intervention and revives debates over sovereignty and security.

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Operation Uphold Democracy, authorized by UN Security Council Resolution 940 on 31 July 1994, saw the United States deploy roughly 20,000 troops to Haiti, securing Port-au-Prince and enabling President Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s return on 15 October. President Nayib Bukele’s 2024 decision to send 2,000 Salvadoran soldiers to aid Haiti’s Gang Suppression Force echoes that earlier foreign-troop intervention and revives debates over sovereignty and security.

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