00:01Haitians have welcomed the deployment of Salvadoran troops to the country to help in the fight against gang violence.
00:06They're guarding the main stadium in the capital Port-au-Prince after Haitian security forces regained control of it on
00:12Thursday, following two years under gang control.
00:15El Salvador President Nayib Bukele says it'll serve as an operational base for the around 2,000 soldiers sent to
00:22Haiti.
00:24The gangs drove me out of my home. Since then I've been wandering from one place to another.
00:29With Bukele's arrival, I feel a certain pride at the thought of regaining my freedom.
00:35Bukele said his soldiers will launch an offensive from the stadium and urged gang members to abandon the area.
00:41He gained attention for bringing Salvadoran gangs to heel, but the authoritarian leader has been accused of human rights violations.
00:50I have four children. Each of them is in a different place.
00:54In the past, the country wasn't like this.
00:56When I was a child, I grew up in Port-au-Prince and I could move around the city whenever
01:01I wanted.
01:04Bukele first ordered the deployment of troops to Haiti to rescue four Salvadoran soldiers who went missing after an ambush
01:10in Port-au-Prince.
01:12Gangs expanded their control over large swathes of the city following the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.
01:21Haiti is our country. We have no other one to go to. We must be able to live here.
01:26We're Haitians. We're in our own home.
01:28We're not at war with another country. These are our Haitian compatriots.
01:32If Bukele wishes, Jesus will speak to his heart and he'll give us back our country.
01:38Experts say many Haitians welcome the idea of a Bukele-style hardline crackdown
01:42as conditions are so awful that people are desperate to be delivered from the gangs.
01:46The Salvadoran troops are operating outside the official framework of the UN-backed gang suppression force.
01:52As for than one in port-au-Prince
01:53IOVE
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