MEXICO CITY — Salvadoran troops bombard a gangster’s home from helicopters hovering over the Haitian countryside. Civilians cheer on marching camouflage-clad soldiers. Armored cars drive through the Caribbean nation’s gang-ravaged streets.
The videos flood the social media of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, Salvadoran officials and an army of pro-government influencers with a simple message in a mix of Haitian Creole, English and Spanish: “We will help you take back your country … Finally, Haiti will be free.”
It’s part of Bukele’s push to present himself as the savior to Haiti’s gang crisis.
By doing so, experts say the communications specialist-turned-president seeks to defuse mounting international
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