El Salvador’s Presence and a Gang’s Offer Test Haiti’s Security
As El Salvador joins forces to tackle criminal governance in the country, warring groups are recalibrating strategy, raising the stakes ahead of next year’s election.
Haiti’s protracted political and security crisis may be entering a more dangerous phase. After El Salvador deployed more than 2,000 troops to Haiti following the disappearance of four Salvadoran military aviation technicians on Oct. 18, one of the nation’s most notorious gang leaders appealed to the United Nations for dialogue, raising questions about whether criminal groups are seeking a way out of the conflict—or simply stalling for time to regroup.Days ago, Wilson Joseph, the leader of the gang known as 400 Mawozo, asked UN Secretary-General António Guterres to send...
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