Amid El Salvador's offensive campaign against Haitian gangs following the hostage takeover of the nation's personnel, Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) commended Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele for his efforts.
"Haiti has become a failed state," Congresswoman Luna wrote on X. "The civilians in Haiti are currently being butchered. The gangs currently in power have acted overtly in aggression against the government of El Salvador by kidnapping 4 El Salvadorians delivering aid."
"[President Bukele] has secured El Salvador from violent criminals before. It’s time he does it again."
God speed. @nayibbukele
— Anna Paulina Luna (@realannapaulina) October 30, 2026
Congresswoman Luna's praise comes after President Bukele announced the deployment of up to 2,000 soldiers into the Caribbean nation following a Haitian gang ambush on an armored vehicle carrying four Salvadoran aviation technicians.
"This is not an operation against the Haitian people, nor an invasion of the country of Haiti," Bukele affirmed on X, in Haitian Creole. "We came to Haiti to fight against the wicked."
Pèp ayisyen,
Nou prèske fin deplwaye sòlda nou yo ak ekipman nou yo sou tè Ayiti. Sa a se pa yon operasyon kont pèp ayisyen an, ni yon envazyon peyi Ayiti. Nou pa yon gwo pisans. Nou pa gen okenn enterè ni pou nou vin domine pèp ayisyen an, ni pou nou mete men sou richès Ayiti.
Nou se yon peyi modès k ap devlope. Sèl sa nou vle, se pou kat teknisyen avyasyon nou yo tounen lakay yo. Epi n ap bay gang yo yon leson, gang sa yo k ap fè pèp ayisyen an soufri, ki touye moun pèp la renmen yo, k ap anpeche l viv yon lavi nòmal, lib, san laperèz.
Se prèske nou menm sèl k ap peye pou operasyon sa a. Menmsi nou resevwa yon ti èd lojistik nan men kèk lòt peyi, se ak pwòp ti kès nou n ap kouvri 90% nan depans yo.
Sa koute nou chè, men nou te aprann nan pwòp soufrans nou: jistis ak lapè pa gen pri. Nou te pase nan menm soufrans Ayiti ap travèse jodi a. Nou te viv yon beny san ki te pi terib toujou pase sa pèp ayisyen an ap sibi kounye a. Nou konnen sa sa vle di: viv nan laperèz, pa fè politisyen konfyans, pa kwè okenn moun ki pwomèt l ap ede w. Paske pèsonn pa t vin ede nou, e moun ki te vini yo pa t gen bon entansyon nan kè yo.
Men nou te rive chape anba sa. Apre 200 lane soufrans, finalman n ap viv nan lapè, e jodi a nou se peyi ki gen plis sekirite sou kontinan an.
Nou pa vin ann Ayiti pou nou touche lajan, paske pèsonn pa peye nou pou sa. Nou vin ann Ayiti pou nou goumen kont mechan yo.
Men sa m ap mande nou: fè nou konfyans, lapriyè sèl vrè Bondye a, epi mande L pou L geri Ayiti.
“Lè sa a si pèp ki pote non m lan lapriyè nan pye m, si yo soumèt devan mwen, si yo pran chache m ankò, si yo vire do bay vye peche yo t'ap fè yo, m'ap tande yo nan syèl kote m ye a, m'ap padonnen peche yo, m'ap fè peyi a kanpe ankò.”
2 Kwonik 7:14
Ede nou ede Ayiti.
Epi lè misyon nou an fini, n ap tounen lakay nou. Petèt jenerasyon Ayisyen k ap vini yo ap sonje nou kòm zanmi ki te vin ede yon lè.
— Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) October 29, 2026
The Lead-Up To The Campaign
On Oct. 18, 2026, Haitian gang members kidnapped the United Nations (UN)-established Gang Suppression Force (GSF) personnel while the group was reportedly off-guard, returning from buying food at a market.
On Oct. 20, 2026, the GSF and Haiti's national police launched an attack that killed several gang members in the Haitian commune of Croix-des-Bouquets as they searched for the hostages.
The following day, President Bukele issued a stark warning to the gang members: "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," Bukele asserted.
Pou chèf gang yo ak manm gang yo k ap kenbe kat konpatriyòt nou yo an otaj ann Ayiti:
Mesye nou kidnape yo pa konbatan. Yo se teknisyen nan domèn avyasyon ki fè pati misyon nou ann Ayiti, nan kad yon misyon entènasyonal. Misyon nou an gen sèlman pilòt ak pèsonèl teknik, ki gen kòm travay prensipal fè evakyasyon medikal epi sove lavi moun, pa fè lagè.
Men, nou te kidnape yo yon fason lach pandan yo t ap retounen apre yo te fin achte manje nan yon makèt nan zòn nan.
Se poutèt sa, jodi a nou te lanse yon operasyon militè pou pote yo sekou. Nou gen yon sèl objektif: fè kat konpatriyòt nou yo retounen lakay yo vivan, san okenn mal.
Men, mwen vle pou nou menm, chèf gang yo, konprann yon bagay byen klè: atak jodi a pa anyen devan sa k ap vini si nou pa remèt toule kat otaj yo vivan.
Epi pa pran pawòl nou yo pou menas san fondman. Nou deja fini ak gang yo nan El Salvador, e nou kapab fini ak nou tou.
Nou toujou gen tan pou evite sa.
Remèt nou kat konpatriyòt nou yo vivan, san okenn mal, epi tout bagay ap retounen jan sa te ye anvan kidnaping lan.
Desizyon an nan men nou.
— Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) October 21, 2026
Trump Gives The Green Light
On Oct. 27, 2026, the day before Bukele's deployments, the Salvadoran leader contacted President Donald Trump to ensure the U.S. did not oppose the campaign.
According to sources familiar with the matter, President Trump told Bukele: "Do what you have to do."
