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Haitian gang leader seeks UN talks as Salvadoran troops deploy

Global News' Mike Armstrong reports that a mission to recover missing Salvadoran personnel has widened into an operation against Haiti's gangs.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 160,388 views a day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (13,734).

Haitian gang leader calls on UN to help negotiate peace with El Salvador

A rescue mission has brought Salvadoran soldiers, armored vehicles and helicopters to Haiti. Global News' Mike Armstrong reports that the deployment is also taking on a broader purpose: confronting the gangs controlling its streets.

The report traces the operation to an ambush in which four Salvadoran technicians went missing. President Nayib Bukele then deployed roughly 2,000 soldiers, saying the aim was to recover the missing personnel alive and teach the gangs a lesson.

The clearest shift comes in the gang leader's own messages. Armstrong first shows him mocking Bukele and daring the soldiers to come after him. Later, a written appeal asks the United Nations to send representatives to help negotiate an end to the fighting.

The UN's response is cautious. Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric says the organization is reviewing the request, rather than announcing any agreement to mediate.

The Short drew about 160,000 views in its first day, more than eleven times Global News' usual start for that format. Its comment section was also substantially busier than usual.

Armstrong closes with the Haitian government's support for the deployment, while noting the human rights criticism surrounding Bukele's tactics. Haitian journalist Jean Michel Cénatus describes a sense of optimism about the soldiers' arrival.

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