Haiti PM says gang leader Mathias Saintil dead

The circumstances of Saintil's death were reported differently by local outlets. haiti24.net said an operation by the Police nationale d'Haiti and a task force ambushed Saintil on the evening of November 5, 2026, near the intersection of Route nationale numéro 1 and Monplaisir, leaving him critically wounded. haitistandard.com said Saintil died on November 6, 2026, of wounds from a drone strike during the night of November 5 to 6 while he attended a party in Boston, a neighborhood of the Cité Soleil commune.

haitistandard.com also reported that dozens of Saintil's fighters were casualties in an operation by the police, the task force and the Force de répression des gangs. It said Salvadoran army soldiers had staged a show of force in Tabarre on November 4 and 5, 2026, after the killing of Salvadoran technicians on October 18, 2026, in Santo 17, Croix-des-Bouquets.