El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele announced a dramatic military strike in Haiti this week, releasing footage of rockets obliterating a compound identified as the headquarters of the violent 400 Mawozo gang. The operation came days after Bukele openly solicited the gang’s location on X, formerly Twitter, vowing to “destroy” the target once coordinates were provided.
Helicopter-fired rockets reduced the multi-story building to rubble in the video shared across Bukele’s official accounts. The Salvadoran leader taunted fleeing gang members in Haitian Creole, posting: “Most of them ran away without even trying to fight. What cowards they are.” The site was allegedly the residence of 400 Mawozo leader Wilson Joseph, known by the alias “Lanmò San Jou” (Death Without Days).
Crowdsourced Warfare
The strike followed an unorthodox public intelligence-gathering effort on November 6, when Bukele responded to a since-deleted X post showing images of Joseph’s purported home alongside Haiti’s ruined presidential palace. “Where is this house? Give us the exact address, and we will destroy it,” Bukele wrote, sparking a flood of geolocation tips from users. While the president hasn’t confirmed whether crowd-sourced data directly enabled the strike, the operation’s precision suggests outside coordination.
Escalating Anti-Gang Campaign
Over 2,000 Salvadoran troops deployed to Haiti in late October as part of a UN-backed mission against gangs controlling roughly 80% of Port-au-Prince. The intervention intensified after four Salvadoran aircraft technicians were kidnapped by gunmen on October 18. Their burned vehicle was found days later, but the hostages remain missing. Bukele previously warned gangs would face annihilation if the men weren’t returned safely.
Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé praised the collaboration during a public appearance, promising residents that “criminals will face relentless action.” His scheduled visit to El Salvador next week will address the mission’s future as videos show Salvadoran troops patrolling Haitian streets with local support. Meanwhile, gang leader Joseph bizarrely petitioned the UN for mediation last week—a request swiftly dismissed as non-binding by the international body.
Source: www.breitbart.com — https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2026/11/11/nayib-bukele-destroys-haitian-gang-headquarters-identified-on-x-community-notes/