Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, said Salvadoran troops in Haiti destroyed a major gang headquarters.^[1] He announced the attack on the X social platform.^[2] The headquarters belonged to the 400 Mawozo gang, in Croix-des-Bouquets.^[3] The attack took place on Sunday.^[4] The troops were backing a Haitian police operation.^[5] The toll Twenty people died in the attack, according to The Miami Herald.^[6] That newspaper is the only source for the figure in these reports. Bukele's own announcement gave no count. The man who was not there The operation targeted property linked to the gang's leader, Wilson Joseph.^[7] Joseph was not present during the attack.^[8] How El Salvador came to be fighting in Haiti El Salvador has deployed more than 2,000 troops to Haiti since late October.^[9] The deployment followed the disappearance of four Salvadoran personnel on 18 October.^[10] Most of those troops are not part of the Gang Suppression Force backed by the United Nations.^[11] They are operating in Haiti under an arrangement between two governments, whose terms have not been published. The objection Amnesty International called for the agreement behind the deployment to be made public.^[12] It urged that the operations comply with international human rights law.^[13] Haiti's government Haiti's prime minister, Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, thanked the Salvadoran troops for their assistance.^[14] He will visit El Salvador next week.^[15] Haiti is scheduled to hold elections in July and October 2027.^[16]