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Haiti is about 700 miles from Florida, and a major security operation there could affect regional security and U.S. interests. The reports do not describe any direct U.S. deployment or operational role.
SECURITY & DEFENSE • HAITI
El Salvador dispatches more than 2,000 troops to Haiti
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El Salvador has dispatched more than 2,000 troops to Haiti, according to The New York Times. Axios reports the deployment is intended to help address gang violence and locate four Salvadoran military personnel captured in an ambush, and that Haiti’s government agreed to it.
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