US diplomats fought El Salvador's Haiti troop push, Axios says
State Department officials opposed El Salvador's military intervention in Haiti even as President Donald Trump allegedly backed it, Axios reports. US Charge d'Affaires David Howell warned Haiti's prime minister the uncoordinated mission could kill Gang Suppression Force troops or civilians — and that Salvadoran gunfire hit the US embassy.
- Original source: breakingthenews.net.
- The source published it on Nov 10, 2026 at 11:08 AM.
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American diplomats in Haiti came out against El Salvador's troop deployment, according to Axios, even as President Donald Trump was said to be behind it. US Charge d'Affaires David Howell delivered the message directly to Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime, telling him El Salvador's intervention was not coordinated with the United Nations-backed Gang Suppression Force.
Howell's warning was blunt. Per the Axios report, he said Salvadoran forces are 'going to kill [GSF] troops or civilians and/or get themselves killed,' and that their 'small arms fire struck the US embassy, nearly hitting US personnel.'
El Salvador swung back, saying Howell offered no evidence for his claims. President Nayib Bukele, meanwhile, allegedly said Trump told him to 'do what we have to do' — a claim that sits awkwardly next to the State Department's opposition.
The deployment itself was sizable: Bukele sent more than 2,000 troops to Haiti in late October after four Salvadoran soldiers went missing. Bukele claimed the missing soldiers had been captured by one of the gangs that control much of the country.
TopicsState Department · El Salvador · Haiti · Nayib Bukele · Donald Trump · David Howell · Alix Didier Fils-Aime · Gang Suppression Force
Source: breakingthenews.net
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