Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime praised Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele on Tuesday after Salvadoran troops destroyed a suspected gang leader’s home. Bukele’s deployment of more than 2,000 soldiers following four Salvadoran troops’ disappearance has raised concerns over rules of engagement and coordination with a UN-backed force combating Haiti’s gangs.
Haiti's prime minister praised Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele on Tuesday after his country's troops helped destroy the alleged home of a powerful Haitian gang leader.
The note of support from Alix Didier Fils-Aime, in a post on X, comes amid a deployment by Bukele of more than 2,000 soldiers into Haiti.
The move, which followed the disappearance of four Salvadoran soldiers, has raised concerns about the contingent's rules of engagement and coordination with other security forces, including the UN-backed Gang Suppression Force (GSF).
"We destroyed the house of (gang leader) Lanmo San Jou and the 400 Mawozo gang's headquarters," Bukele wrote Tuesday on X, in Haitian Creole.
The right-wing leader posted video of at least three helicopters circling overhead and firing on the two-story house in Croix-des-Bouquets, near the capital Port-au-Prince. People are seen fleeing the area.
The Miami Herald newspaper reported that the attack took place on Sunday and was conducted by a Haitian police task force backed by Salvadoran troops.
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