Soldiers from El Salvador join U.N.-backed mission in Haiti to combat gang violence A military contingent from El Salvador arrived in Haiti on Tuesday to bolster a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenyan police to help fight gangs that killed thousands of people last year and control much of the capital.
Gang violence keeps surging across Port-au-Prince and beyond, with gunmen in recent days killing at least 40 people in an upscale community.
The U.S. and other countries have warned that the Kenya-led mission lacks funding and personnel as they push to transform it into a U.N.-peacekeeping mission.
The 70 soldiers will provide expertise in air support, which Kenyan officials said will be critical for medical evacuations.
Additional police officers from Kenya were deployed last month for a total of more than 600 now in Haiti.
