Bukele denied that the remains found in Haiti are those of the four Salvadoran aircraft technicians

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The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, said this Saturday that the human remains handed over at the Port-au-Prince airport do not belong to the four Salvadoran aviation technicians who disappeared after a gang ambush in Haiti. The head of state was responding to information published by The New York Times, which reported that bodies had been found that could correspond to the members of the contingent. "They are not our men," Bukele wrote in a message posted on the social network X. According to the Salvadoran head of state, a non-governmental organization handed over human remains to a delegation from his country at the airport, claiming they belonged to the four aviation technicians. Bukele said that a preliminary examination of the remains ruled out that hypothesis. He stated that among them were a child, a man whose height would be "considerably greater" than that of the Salvadoran technicians, and a person wearing part of a uniform belonging to a foreign army. Bukele added that identification cards and military items from other countries were also found at the site. He did not specify which organization handed over the remains, how many bodies were examined, or which authorities conducted the initial assessment. The statement responds to the report released in the afternoon by The New York Times. The US newspaper reported that bodies allegedly linked to the four Salva…
President Nayib Bukele ruled out that the human remains handed over in Port-au-Prince belong to the four missing Salvadoran technicians. (Infobae Centroamérica/Nayib Bukele)The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, stated this Saturday that the human remains handed over at the Port-au-Prince airport do not belong to the four Salvadoran aviation technicians who disappeared after a gang ambush in Haiti. The head of state was responding to information published by The New York Times, which reported that bodies had been found that could correspond to the members of the contingent. "They are not our men," Bukele wrote in a message posted on the social network X. According to the Salvadoran head of state, a non-governmental organization handed over human remains to a delegation from his country at the airport, claiming they belonged to the four aviation technicians. Bukele said that a preliminary examination of the remains ruled out that hypothesis. He stated that among them were a child, a man whose height would be "considerably taller" than that of the Salvadoran technicians, and a person wearing part of a uniform belonging to a foreign army. "They are not our men," the Salvadoran head of state wrote in a message posted on the social network X. (Retomado: Nayib Bukele) Bukele added that identification cards and military clothing from other countries were also found at the site. He did not specify which organization handed over the remains, how many bodies were examined, or which authorities conducted the initial assessment. The statement responds to the report released in the afternoon by The New York Times. The U.S. newspaper reported that bodies allegedly linked to the four Salvadorans were located on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, according to people close to the international security mission deployed in the Caribbean country. The information indicated that the remains had suffered severe burns and that autopsies would be necessary to establish their identity. The report also noted that the bodies were transferred to the international airport, where they were received by a military team from El Salvador that had arrived in Haiti on Friday. In his response, Bukele attached images of credentials found alongside the bodies. (Retomado de: Nayib Bukele) Developing story.

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