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Haiti announces decisive phase against gangs with Salvadoran support

Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé announced a decisive phase against gangs in Haiti with 4,000 international soldiers, support from El Salvador and more…

--- The context --- Haiti has gone years without holding elections because of violence and political instability, while armed gangs hold the population hostage across wide areas of the country. Against that backdrop, Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé presented a new phase in the fight against the gangs as the path to restore security across the national territory and organize credible elections for Haitians. --- The facts --- Fils-Aimé said on Tuesday that his government is determined, with support from El Salvador, to end the armed gangs that spread terror in the country. Speaking alongside national and international security chiefs, he explained that international forces have now reached 4,000 soldiers in Haiti and warned that, with that reinforcement, the time of the armed gangs is running out and they will no longer be able to sleep. Last month, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele sent more than 2,000 soldiers to Haiti with the initial purpose of joining the search for four Salvadoran GSF soldiers missing since October 18 after being ambushed by armed gangs in Croix-de-Bouquets, outside Port-au-Prince. Fils-Aimé also said that more than 100 armored vehicles have been made available to the national security forces to support the operations. --- The positions --- The prime minister held that the Haitian National Police, the Armed Forces and the GSF are joining forces around a common strategy to end gang rule and restore state authority. He thanked Bukele for understanding a battle that he described as similar to the one El Salvador faced against its gangs, praised the work of the GSF in support of the fight, and also pointed to those who finance these armed groups. --- What remains unknown --- The statement does not specify concrete results from operations or deadlines to recover each announced area. It also does not detail what happened to the four Salvadoran soldiers missing since October 18 or how progress will be measured for the common strategy among Haitian forces, the GSF and the allied countries supporting the international deployment present on national territory. --- Unanswered questions --- Will the decisive phase sustainably recover the districts of Kenscoff, Pétion-Ville and Gressier? Will the four Salvadoran soldiers missing since October 18 after the ambush in Croix-de-Bouquets be found? Will Haiti finally hold the presidential and legislative first round on July 18, 2027, after moving it from December 13? --- EPM analysis --- The announcement combines force and guarantees in a single message, and that balance defines its reach. On one side it promises permanent pressure on the gangs with 4,000 international soldiers and more than 100 armored vehicles. On the other, it insists that every operation will respect the law of the country, the international commitments signed by Haiti and human rights, with civilians protected and bandits sanctioned, without tolerating abuses or illegal violence. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, the decisive phase announced will only matter if recovered security translates into effective protection for civilians and credible elections on July 18, 2027. International reinforcements and more than 100 armored vehicles can shift the balance, but discipline, respect for human rights and Haitian direction of operations will be the real test that the state acts with legitimacy and not only with force in Port-au-Prince and in the departments where new operations were announced.
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