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Haiti Hostage Crisis Drags in El Salvador Elite Forces, Reports Say

El Salvador has sent 100 members of its special forces to Haiti in a bid to rescue four of its military personnel who were kidnapped by gangs in the troubled Caribbean nation, the Miami Herald and the Associated Press reported.

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