Haitian forces recapture national stadium from gang control
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November 12, 2026
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—Haitian security forces regained control Thursday of the country’s main stadium that had been under gang control for two years, forcing the national football team to play elsewhere.
The Haitian National Police said in a statement that it had taken “full control” of the venue with the Task Force, a private security group serving the government, after which it left the stadium under the guard of Salvadoran soldiers.
The operation is part of the deployment of some 2,000 soldiers ordered by El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, who announced last Tuesday that his men had destroyed the “headquarters” of 400 Mawozo, one of Haiti’s main gangs.
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