Salvadoran soldiers came to the aid of a Chadian military contingent attacked by armed gangs in the Plaine du Cul-de-Sac on Tuesday, November 3, Vant Bèf Info reported. According to information circulating about the incident, the operation involved air support.

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele confirmed the intervention in a post on X, writing that the bandits “do not have the upper hand.” No toll for the attack had been published, and the circumstances in which the Chadian troops called for help were not explained.

El Salvador has sent more than 2,000 troops to Haiti since four of its military aviation technicians went missing on October 18 near Santo, in Croix-des-Bouquets. UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said this week that the vast majority of those troops are not deployed under the UN-backed Gang Suppression Force, which is authorized for 5,500 personnel but remains well below that number.