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Operation Backed by Salvadoran Troops in Haiti Leaves 20 Dead, Al Jazeera Reports
By Maya Wilson
Maya Wilson
Maya Wilson — The Library Media’s World Desk lead and intelligence editor.
An operation targeting a gang in Haiti, backed by Salvadoran troops supporting a police action, left 20 people dead, Al Jazeera reported Tuesday.
The operation took place ahead of a visit by Haiti’s prime minister to El Salvador, according to Al Jazeera’s reporting.
The report identifies the operation as targeting a Haitian gang but does not specify which gang was involved or where in Haiti the action took place. It also does not establish whether all 20 people killed were members of the targeted gang.
The distinction is significant: the reported death toll is 20, but the available information does not provide a breakdown of those killed or identify their affiliations. It would therefore be inaccurate to describe all 20 as gang members on the basis of the reporting available.
Al Jazeera reported that Salvadoran troops backed the police operation. The information provided does not specify the number of Salvadoran personnel involved, the precise nature of their support or the timing of the operation beyond its occurrence ahead of the prime minister’s visit to El Salvador.
Further details about the operation, the people killed and the targeted gang were not included in the reporting available to this desk.
— Maya Wilson, World Desk
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