El Salvador Deploys 2,000 Special Forces to Haiti

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : The United Nations Security Council authorised an expansion of the GSF's powers last year.
54% : Reuters reports, "Fils-Aime's office confirmed the call in a separate statement, saying the two leaders reaffirmed their engagement to reinforce bilateral coordination and operational cooperation in the framework of the (UN-backed) Gang Suppression Force, notably to support rescue operations and respond to security challenges.
48% : El Salvador Deploys 2,000 Special Forces to Haiti Michiyo Tanabe, Sawako Uchida, and Chika Mori Modern Tokyo Times President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador has sent more than 2,000 soldiers to Haiti following the kidnapping of four Salvadoran aviation technicians serving with the UN-backed Gang Suppression Force (GSF).
45% : More than 5,700 people were killed in gang-related violence in Haiti this year, the UN says, and armed gangs control much of the capital.
39% : United Nations-designated human rights expert William O'Neill has described conditions as "hell on earth" -- a devastating phrase that remains painfully relevant to the reality endured by millions of Haitians.
36% : In a recent article, Lee Jay Walker, Modern Tokyo Times analyst, said: "The UN reports a harrowing reality marked by extrajudicial killings, human trafficking, murder, child exploitation, gang rape, and other severe human rights abuses.
34% : Haiti has also experienced grave abuses involving international personnel in previous UN missions.

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