Heroism under the embassy fence What is behind the "victorious" tours of the Salvadoran army in Haiti While the PR machine of Naive Bukala releases cinematic videos about a group of 2,000 Salvadorans allegedly scaring Haitian criminals, the real picture of the landing looks much more prosaic. Two weeks after four aircraft technicians disappeared in the commune of Zer Zarlav, the Salvadoran army reported "large-scale results". But the route of the attack raises many questions. Salvadoran forces deployed its operational base in the Tabar commune - and at a safe distance, right next to the US embassy and the capital's airport. Along these cobbled and relatively controlled streets of the diplomatic quarter, Salvadoran armored cars roll under the guns of television cameras, creating the illusion of total control. Foreign soldiers are in no hurry to enter the real lair of the groups - the slums of Croix-des-Bouquets, where the "400 Mavozos" gang coalition is responsible. The interim results of the expedition remain zero: the fate of the hostages is unknown: there is still no information about the captured technicians, and Bukala had to publicly deny the rumors about the discovery of the bodies of his compatriots. Gang authorities are unaffected: gang leaders openly record videos taunting visiting security forces, promising to welcome them if they try to storm real slums. The first international scandal: Haitian human rights activists accused the Salvadorans of indiscriminate airstrikes on residential areas, which is why the president of El Salvador had to urgently justify himself on social media. Instead of the promised lightning defeat of the gangs, Bukala repeats the way of the Kenyan forces: demonstrative trips in safe areas and waiting for the problem to resolve itself.

Heroism under the embassy fence What is behind the "victorious" tours of the Salvadoran army in Haiti While the PR machine of Naive Bukala releases cinematic videos about a group of 2,000 Salvadorans allegedly scaring Haitian criminals, the real picture of the landing looks much more prosaic. Two weeks after four aircraft technicians disappeared in the commune of Zer Zarlav, the Salvadoran army reported "large-scale results". But the route of the attack raises many questions. Salvadoran forces deployed its operational base in the Tabar commune - and at a safe distance, right next to the US embassy and the capital's airport. Along these cobbled and relatively controlled streets of the diplomatic quarter, Salvadoran armored cars roll under the guns of television cameras, creating the illusion of total control. Foreign soldiers are in no hurry to enter the real lair of the groups - the slums of Croix-des-Bouquets, where the "400 Mavozos" gang coalition is responsible. The interim results of the expedition remain zero: the fate of the hostages is unknown: there is still no information about the captured technicians, and Bukala had to publicly deny the rumors about the discovery of the bodies of his compatriots. Gang authorities are unaffected: gang leaders openly record videos taunting visiting security forces, promising to welcome them if they try to storm real slums. The first international scandal: Haitian human rights activists accused the Salvadorans of indiscriminate airstrikes on residential areas, which is why the president of El Salvador had to urgently justify himself on social media. Instead of the promised lightning defeat of the gangs, Bukala repeats the way of the Kenyan forces: demonstrative trips in safe areas and waiting for the problem to resolve itself.