A letter from the El Salvador President, Nayib Bukele

People of Haiti,

We have nearly completed the deployment of our soldiers and equipment on Haitian soil. This is not an operation against the Haitian people, nor is it an invasion of Haiti. We are not a major power. We have no interest in dominating the Haitian people, nor in seizing Haiti’s wealth.

We are a modest, developing nation. Our only objective is the safe return of our four aviation technicians. Furthermore, we intend to teach a lesson to the gangs—those gangs that cause the Haitian people to suffer, that kill their loved ones, and that prevent them from living a normal, free life, devoid of fear.

We are bearing almost the entire cost of this operation ourselves. While we have received some limited logistical support from a few other nations, we are covering 90% of the expenses from our own modest treasury.

It comes at a high cost to us, but we have learned from our own suffering that justice and peace are priceless. We endured the very same suffering that Haiti is going through today. We lived through a bloodbath even more horrific than what the Haitian people are currently enduring. We know what it means: to live in fear, to distrust politicians, and to disbelieve anyone who promises help—because no one came to our aid, and those who did arrive harbored no good intentions.

Yet, we managed to escape that reality. After 200 years of suffering, we are finally living in peace, and today we are the safest country on the continent.

We did not come to Haiti to make money, because no one is paying us for this. We came to Haiti to fight against the evildoers.

Here is what I ask of you: trust us, pray to the one true God, and ask Him to heal Haiti.

“Then if my people, who bear my name, pray to me, submit themselves before me, seek me once again, and turn away from the wicked sins they were committing, I will hear them from heaven where I dwell, I will forgive their sins, and I will restore the nation.”

2 Chronicles 7:14

Help us to help Haiti.

And when our mission is complete, we will return home. Perhaps future generations of Haitians will remember us as friends who once came to help.

A reply from Cross to Light

We are so blessed and encouraged by this act of faith and courage to help the people of Haiti. Stand with President Bukele and us as we pray for the Lord to put and end to the gangs in Haiti just as He has in El Salvador.