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Haiti Kills Gang Chief as El Salvador, Mercenaries Add Pressure

Bloomberg Politics7 November 2026, 13:52 UTCHaiti

Haitian officials said they had killed a major gang leader in the capital as private mercenaries and at least 2,000 El Salvadoran troops join the fight to regain control of the troubled Caribbean nation.

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