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The Ministry of Justice of Curaçao and El Salvador’s Ministry of Justice and Public Security intend to sign a memorandum of understanding on Friday to strengthen cooperation in justice and public security.
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Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said Salvadoran forces, working with Haitian police, destroyed a compound alleged to be the headquarters of the 400 Mawozo gang and the home of its leader, Wilson Joseph, also known as Lanmò San Jou. Video released by Bukele showed helicopters firing at the site as people fled. Joseph was not reported killed, and no casualties were recorded. Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé thanked Bukele for supporting the fight against gangs. The operation followed El Salvador's deployment of at least 2,000 soldiers to Haiti last month after four Salvadoran members of an international security mission were ambushed. Their fate remains unclear: Bukele said reported remains were not those of the soldiers, while Joseph claimed without evidence that they had been killed. Joseph has asked UN Secretary-General António Guterres to send a delegation for dialogue and mediation and said he was willing to lay down arms. The duration of the Salvadoran deployment and command arrangements remain unclear.
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El Salvador said it would send troops to Haiti after four Salvadoran members of an international security mission disappeared when their armoured vehicle was hit by explosives near Port-au-Prince. Their fate remains unknown; reports that their bodies had been found were not confirmed. A later report put the planned deployment at 2,000 soldiers, rather than the roughly 1,000 initially reported, to help find the missing personnel.