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Bukele warns Haitian gangs after four Salvadorans taken hostage

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El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele said Haitian gangs are holding four Salvadoran aviation technicians hostage after an ambush on Sunday on their armored vehicle. The men, part of a UN-backed Gang Suppression Force, were seized while returning from buying food at a market. Bukele said the technicians are non-combatants whose mission is medical evacuations, and warned gang leaders his military could "finish with you too."

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