# Haiti: Salvadoran troops, drones and gangs after the ambush - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2120006737889562950 - Source account: [@ColochitaRD](https://x.com/ColochitaRD) - Source language: Spanish - Target language: English - Duration: 2:59 - Published: 2026-11-10 - Machine translated. Check the original before quoting. - Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ua1wakrpPai2/en/haiti-salvadoran-troops-drones-and-gangs-after-the-ambush - Original-language version: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ua1wakrpPai2/es/hait%C3%AD-soldados-salvadore%C3%B1os-drones-y-bandas-tras-la-emboscada.md ## Transcript [0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ua1wakrpPai2/en/haiti-salvadoran-troops-drones-and-gangs-after-the-ambush) Three weeks after the ambush, Haiti is no longer the same. [0:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ua1wakrpPai2/en/haiti-salvadoran-troops-drones-and-gangs-after-the-ambush?t=3) Drones in the sky, Salvadoran soldiers in the streets and a gang calling for peace. [0:09](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ua1wakrpPai2/en/haiti-salvadoran-troops-drones-and-gangs-after-the-ambush?t=9) Here’s what has changed since then and how things are going. [0:13](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ua1wakrpPai2/en/haiti-salvadoran-troops-drones-and-gangs-after-the-ambush?t=13) Today, El Salvador has about 2,500 soldiers in Haiti. [0:16](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ua1wakrpPai2/en/haiti-salvadoran-troops-drones-and-gangs-after-the-ambush?t=16) The UN force has about 1,500. On October 30, their first patrols set out and they establish their base near the U.S. embassy. [0:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ua1wakrpPai2/en/haiti-salvadoran-troops-drones-and-gangs-after-the-ambush?t=25) On November 2, they enter the Cul- de- Sac plain in armored vehicles, where the ambush took place. [0:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ua1wakrpPai2/en/haiti-salvadoran-troops-drones-and-gangs-after-the-ambush?t=30) At least 12 gang members are killed. That same day, the UN warns: most of those soldiers are acting outside their mission. [0:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ua1wakrpPai2/en/haiti-salvadoran-troops-drones-and-gangs-after-the-ambush?t=37) Haiti’s prime minister responds that they’re not here to replace the state and announces a joint strategy: police, army, UN force, and Salvadoran troops. [0:47](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ua1wakrpPai2/en/haiti-salvadoran-troops-drones-and-gangs-after-the-ambush?t=47) On November 5, in Cité Soleil, Mathias Antil, leader of the Boston gang, falls, in a joint operation using drones. [0:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ua1wakrpPai2/en/haiti-salvadoran-troops-drones-and-gangs-after-the-ambush?t=54) He is the first gang leader killed in a military operation since 2024. [0:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ua1wakrpPai2/en/haiti-salvadoran-troops-drones-and-gangs-after-the-ambush?t=59) Though the police and the press don't tell the same story about how he died. [1:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ua1wakrpPai2/en/haiti-salvadoran-troops-drones-and-gangs-after-the-ambush?t=62) The prime minister celebrates it. Now, he says, the gangs won't be able to sleep. [1:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ua1wakrpPai2/en/haiti-salvadoran-troops-drones-and-gangs-after-the-ambush?t=68) The next day, 400 Mawozo, one of the most powerful gangs, gets in touch with the government's Disarmament Commission. [1:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ua1wakrpPai2/en/haiti-salvadoran-troops-drones-and-gangs-after-the-ambush?t=75) It says it's willing to negotiate and hand over its weapons if the foreign intervention ends. [1:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ua1wakrpPai2/en/haiti-salvadoran-troops-drones-and-gangs-after-the-ambush?t=80) Bukele replies on social media: Give them the exact address of their leader's house and they'll destroy it. [1:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ua1wakrpPai2/en/haiti-salvadoran-troops-drones-and-gangs-after-the-ambush?t=86) In the early hours of Sunday the 8th, police drones, with Salvadoran support, destroy that house. [1:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ua1wakrpPai2/en/haiti-salvadoran-troops-drones-and-gangs-after-the-ambush?t=92) According to sources at the Miami Herald, as many as twenty armed men were killed. [1:36](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ua1wakrpPai2/en/haiti-salvadoran-troops-drones-and-gangs-after-the-ambush?t=96) Their leader, Wilson Joseph, was not inside. [1:39](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ua1wakrpPai2/en/haiti-salvadoran-troops-drones-and-gangs-after-the-ambush?t=99) And human rights defenders in Haiti are already warning of the risk drones pose to civilians. [1:45](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ua1wakrpPai2/en/haiti-salvadoran-troops-drones-and-gangs-after-the-ambush?t=105) Outside Haiti, the operation is also shifting the balance. [1:48](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ua1wakrpPai2/en/haiti-salvadoran-troops-drones-and-gangs-after-the-ambush?t=108) The Dominican Republic is sending ten thousand soldiers to its border to protect its territory, its government says. [1:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ua1wakrpPai2/en/haiti-salvadoran-troops-drones-and-gangs-after-the-ambush?t=114) Donald Trump tells Bukele to do whatever he has to do, but Marco Rubio asks him to coordinate with the UN force to avoid friendly fire. [2:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ua1wakrpPai2/en/haiti-salvadoran-troops-drones-and-gangs-after-the-ambush?t=122) And in El Salvador, nearly nine out of ten people support the mission, according to polls. [2:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ua1wakrpPai2/en/haiti-salvadoran-troops-drones-and-gangs-after-the-ambush?t=128) Meanwhile, the UN force remains below a third of its intended size, with a mandate only until March. [2:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ua1wakrpPai2/en/haiti-salvadoran-troops-drones-and-gangs-after-the-ambush?t=134) Bangladesh and Sri Lanka will begin sending troops in October. [2:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ua1wakrpPai2/en/haiti-salvadoran-troops-drones-and-gangs-after-the-ambush?t=137) And the elections are postponed again, this time until July 2027. [2:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ua1wakrpPai2/en/haiti-salvadoran-troops-drones-and-gangs-after-the-ambush?t=142) And the four technicians? They still haven't been found. [2:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ua1wakrpPai2/en/haiti-salvadoran-troops-drones-and-gangs-after-the-ambush?t=145) The four bodies they handed over days later weren't them. [2:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ua1wakrpPai2/en/haiti-salvadoran-troops-drones-and-gangs-after-the-ambush?t=149) Bukele is keeping his promise: if they're returned, his troops will leave immediately. [2:34](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ua1wakrpPai2/en/haiti-salvadoran-troops-drones-and-gangs-after-the-ambush?t=154) What's next? On November 16, Haiti's prime minister travels to El Salvador to decide those soldiers' future. [2:42](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ua1wakrpPai2/en/haiti-salvadoran-troops-drones-and-gangs-after-the-ambush?t=162) In three weeks, the board changed. A leader taken out, a gang asking to negotiate and a foreign army no one knows when will leave. [2:50](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ua1wakrpPai2/en/haiti-salvadoran-troops-drones-and-gangs-after-the-ambush?t=170) Should the Salvadoran soldiers stay in Haiti even if the four technicians are found? [2:56](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ua1wakrpPai2/en/haiti-salvadoran-troops-drones-and-gangs-after-the-ambush?t=176) I'll read your comments.