El Salvador President Bukele crowdsources location of Haitian gang leader's HQ on X - then destroys it in military strike

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Nayib Bukele asked open source intelligence (OSINT) experts to locate the home of Lanmò San Jou, leader of the 400 Mawozo gang, before declaring that Salvadoran forces had struck it.

Published: 10:46 GMT, 11 November 2026 | Updated: 10:50 GMT, 11 November 2026

El Salvador's President crowdsourced the location of a Haitian gang leader's headquarters on social media – and then destroyed it in a military strike.

Nayib Bukele asked open source intelligence (OSINT) experts on X to locate the home of Lanmò San Jou, leader of the 400 Mawozo gang, known for kidnappings and extortion, before declaring days later that El Salvadoran forces had struck it.

San Jou is wanted by the FBI for hostage taking and there is a $1million (£750,585) bounty on his head 'for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction' of the crime boss.

On November 6, he wrote: 'Where is that house? Give us the exact address, and we'll destroy it.'

Then on November 10, Mr Bukele said: 'We kept our promise… We destroyed the house of Lanmò San Jou and the 400 Mawozo gang's headquarters.

The El Salvadorian president also shared footage of the moment two army helicopters fire missiles at the gang leader's home in Croix-des-Bouquets, near the capital Port-au-Prince, before it is destroyed.

People were seen fleeing the area and the Miami Herald cited sources as saying 20 people died.

Footage shows the moment Salvadoran military helicopters fire rockets at gang leader Lanmò San Jou's compound in Haiti

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