Bukele claims that the bodies found are not those of the Salvadoran soldiers who disappeared in Haiti.

On Saturday, October 24, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele stated via a message on X that human remains found and delivered to the airport in Puerto Príncipe, Haiti, do not belong to four missing Salvadoran military personnel. The individuals are identified across the reports as either four soldiers or four aerotécnicos belonging to the Gang Suppression Force (GSF).

The denial addresses reports suggesting the recovered remains might belong to the Salvadoran service members, who went missing following a gang ambush in Haiti. President Bukele's public intervention directly refutes those versions, clarifying the identity status of the remains.