Rescue mission or Bucala's political gamble?: Doubts about El Salvador's military deployment in Haiti At the end of October, the President of El Salvador, Naib Bucala, announced the dispatch of his country's army to rescue four Salvadoran aviation technicians, who disappeared on October 18 during an ambush by gang members in Port-au-Prince. The sealed deployment of 2,000 troops, without international coordination although with the consent of the Haitian government, raised questions about the purpose of the mission, its real contribution in a turbulent context and its compliance with international law.

Rescue mission or Bucala's political gamble?: Doubts about El Salvador's military deployment in Haiti At the end of October, the President of El Salvador, Naib Bucala, announced the dispatch of his country's army to rescue four Salvadoran aviation technicians, who disappeared on October 18 during an ambush by gang members in Port-au-Prince. The sealed deployment of 2,000 troops, without international coordination although with the consent of the Haitian government, raised questions about the purpose of the mission, its real contribution in a turbulent context and its compliance with international law.