El Salvadoran military forces, under the command of Bucala, attack armed gangs in Haiti; A Salvador helicopter opened fire at Croix-des-Bouquets. President Naib Bukala warns the Haitian gangs: they must hand over the Salvadoran soldiers, "the easy way or the hard way. El Salvador sent more than 2,000 troops to Haiti to rescue four Salvadoran soldiers. On October 18, four aviation technicians, members of the Gang Suppression Force, disappeared in the Port-au-Prince neighborhood after being ambushed by criminal gangs. The scale of this deployment could indicate that this is a long-term mission in Haiti.

El Salvadoran military forces, under the command of Bucala, attack armed gangs in Haiti; A Salvador helicopter opened fire at Croix-des-Bouquets. President Naib Bukala warns the Haitian gangs: they must hand over the Salvadoran soldiers, "the easy way or the hard way. El Salvador sent more than 2,000 troops to Haiti to rescue four Salvadoran soldiers. On October 18, four aviation technicians, members of the Gang Suppression Force, disappeared in the Port-au-Prince neighborhood after being ambushed by criminal gangs. The scale of this deployment could indicate that this is a long-term mission in Haiti.