The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele is sending hundreds of soldiers to Haiti in response to the disappearance of four Salvadorans in Port-au-Prince.

The 4 technicians were in Haiti as part of the so-called Gang Suppression Force, a multinational United Nations mission.

But more than a week later it is still not publicly known who they are or where they are, or if they are alive. The reaction of the Salvadoran president was to issue an ultimatum to the dangerous gangs operating in Haiti because he claims that they kidnapped them.

In this video we tell you what is known about the disappearance of Salvadorans in Haiti and Bukele's response.

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