'Hats Off To ... Nayib Bukele': Haiti's PM Praises Salvadoran President after Deploying Troops to Rescue Kidnapped Soldiers, Decimating Malicious Gang's HQ
Aimee Herd : Nov 13, 2026
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"...We didn't come to Haiti to make money, because no one is paying us to do it. We came to Haiti to fight against the wicked. But here's what I'm asking of you: trust us, pray to the one true God, and ask Him to heal Haiti..." -President Nayib Bukele, El Salvador
[Breaking Christian News] In his country of El Salvador, President Nayib Bukele is a rock star for the way his strong, no compromise actions have turned his nation from one of the most dangerous to the safest in South America. (Image via Pixabay)
This weekend, however, it was Haitian people and even their prime minister who were singing Bukele's praises, after he sent troops into the crime-ridden, gang-infested country to rescue kidnapped soldiers.
On October 18th, four Salvadoran Air Force personnel-- "part of the UN-authorized Gang Suppression Force" --were ambushed and kidnapped in a "gang-controlled area near Port-au-Prince," according to a Latin Times report.
Salvadoran helicopters "dispatched to assist" reportedly came under fire preventing any attempts to help.
That's when Bukele deployed over 2,000 troops on a rescue mission, while tweeting out this message on X:
"To the gang leaders and gang members holding our four compatriots hostage in Haiti:
"Our kidnapped men are not combatants. They are aviation technicians who are part of our mission in Haiti, within the framework of an international mission. Our mission consists only of pilots and technical personnel, whose primary job is to carry out medical evacuations and save lives, not to wage war.
"However, they were kidnapped in a cowardly manner while returning after buying food at a market in the area.
"That is why, today, we have launched a military operation to rescue them. We have a single objective: to bring our four compatriots back home alive, without any harm.
"However, I want you, the gang leaders, to understand one thing very clearly: today's attack is nothing compared to what is coming if we do not get all four hostages back alive.
"And do not take our word for empty threats. We have already finished with the gangs in El Salvador, and we can finish with you too.
"We still have time to avoid this.
"Return our four compatriots to us alive, without any harm, and everything will go back to how it was before the kidnapping.
"The decision is in your hands."
Bukele sent in his troops and when the enormous home and headquarters of one of Haiti's gang leaders was made known, the Salvadoran leader ordered a hit, decimating the structure.
Writing on X in Haitian Creole, Bukele said, "We destroyed the house of (gang leader) Lanmo San Jou and the 400 Mawozo gang's headquarters," in a post that included video.
Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé also posted on social media, praising Bukele's actions:
"I salute the commitment of the Salvadoran forces in the fight against gangs. Hats off to President Nayib Bukele...for your support and commitment to the national fight against gangs."
According to a Fox News report, Haiti's Fils-Aimé added that Bukele "understands our fight. ... He came to stand on the side of the Haitian people."
The four kidnapped Salvadoran soldiers have yet to be found.
President Bukele sent the following message to the Haitian people as his troops were being deployed:
Haitian people,
...This is not an operation against the Haitian people, nor an invasion of the country of Haiti. We are not a great power. We have no interest in coming to dominate the Haitian people, nor in laying hands on Haiti's wealth.
...The only thing we want is for our four aviation technicians to return home. And we're giving the gangs a lesson—these gangs that make the Haitian people suffer, that kill people the population loves, that prevent them from living a normal, free life, without fear.
...We went through the same suffering that Haiti is going through today. We lived through a nightmare that was even more horrific than what the Haitian people are enduring right now. We know what that means: living in fear, not trusting politicians, not believing anyone who promises to help you. Because no one came to help us, and those who did come didn't have good intentions in their hearts.
But we managed to escape it. After 200 years of suffering, finally we're living in peace, and today we are the safest country on the continent.
We didn't come to Haiti to make money, because no one is paying us to do it. We came to Haiti to fight against the wicked.
But here's what I'm asking of you: trust us, pray to the one true God, and ask Him to heal Haiti.
"If at that time my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, where I am, I will forgive their sin, and I will heal their land." -2 Chronicles 7:14
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Read his full message Here.