The Salvadoran government deploys 450 soldiers to Haiti to search for missing military personnel.

The government of El Salvador has deployed 450 soldiers to Haiti in an emergency operation. The objective of the deployment is to locate and rescue four Salvadoran military personnel who went missing following an ambush by criminal gangs in the Caribbean nation.

The mission also carries the potential to escalate beyond a search and rescue operation. According to the available reports, the emergency deployment could potentially result in offensive military actions against the armed criminal groups operating in Haiti.