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Haiti Hostage Crisis Triggers Surge of 2,000 El Salvador Troops

Bloomberg Politics29 October 2026, 13:07 UTCHaiti

El Salvador has now sent more than 2,000 troops to Haiti — its largest foreign deployment in decades — as it rushes to locate and rescue four soldiers who are believed to be hostages of powerful gangs.

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