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Ambush of Salvadoran Soldiers Escalates Haiti’s Anti-Gang Mission

23 October 2026 at 14:33
With four soldiers missing, Haiti’s new Gang Suppression Force, already off to a rocky start, is facing its first crisis.

© Michael Anthony Adams/The New York Times

The view from the cockpit of a helicopter flown by members of the Salvadoran contingent of the Gang Suppression Force during an aerial patrol last month over Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

The Bukeleization of Latin America Has Arrived

23 October 2026 at 14:05
Nayib Bukele’s notoriously harsh and wildly popular security crackdown in El Salvador is spawning imitators and remaking the region.

© Fred Ramos for The New York Times

President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador has overseen an extraordinary security crackdown that has led to plummeting crime rates.

The Bukeleization of Latin America Has Arrived

23 October 2026 at 10:01
Nayib Bukele’s notoriously harsh and wildly popular security crackdown in El Salvador is spawning imitators and remaking the region.

© Fred Ramos for The New York Times

President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador has overseen an extraordinary security crackdown that has led to plummeting crime rates.
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