Port-au-Prince, November 13, 2026 — A coordinated cross-border security operation executed under a formal bilateral cooperation framework between Haiti and El Salvador has resulted in the full recapture of Port-au-Prince’s iconic Sylvio Cator Stadium, a key strategic site long overrun by armed criminal gangs. Launched on Thursday, November 12, 2026, the joint mission brought together units of the Haitian National Police (PNH), Haiti’s national armed forces (FAd’H), and a specialized Salvadoran military task force including elite special operations personnel. Footage of the operation released publicly by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has revealed a groundbreaking, never-before-seen deployment of combat-ready quadruped robotic dogs fitted with mounted assault rifles, designed to track and neutralize high-risk gang targets in dense, hostile urban terrain. The technical specifications of the robotic systems, including whether they operate via remote human control or feature partial or full autonomous navigation and firing capabilities, have not yet been publicly disclosed by military officials. Post-operation assessments by participating forces uncovered multiple human skulls scattered across the stadium’s interior, physical evidence that Bukele highlighted in a public statement posted to his official Facebook profile. More than 20 armored military vehicles and transport trucks carrying Salvadoran service members are now positioned within the stadium grounds, which has been formally designated as a permanent forward operational base to support subsequent pushes into adjacent neighborhoods that remain under full gang control. Bukele emphasized that the allied security coalition now holds clear tactical superiority across the contested zone, and issued an explicit public ultimatum to all active gang members: vacate the surrounding territories immediately before the next phase of the large-scale offensive commences, or face unsparing, decisive consequences. A formal public statement from the Haitian National Police later corroborated that the Sylvio Cator Stadium is now under 100% state control, and that the facility will remain under exclusive Salvadoran military protection for the duration of the ongoing anti-gang campaign. This deployment marks the latest escalation of El Salvador’s high-profile, internationally watched security intervention in Haiti, following earlier confirmed dispatches of Salvadoran combat aircraft that conducted rocket strikes on prominent gang leadership compounds in recent weeks.