𝐄𝐋 𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐕𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐑 𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐃𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐂𝐄𝐃 𝐀 𝐇𝐀𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐆𝐀𝐍𝐆 𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐃’𝐒 𝐀𝐃𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐎𝐍 𝐗 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐖 𝐔𝐏 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐇𝐐

On November 6, El Salvador’s 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐍𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐛 𝐁𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐞 posted a simple challenge to open-source intelligence sleuths on X:  - M.A. Rothman

:find the house of 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐦ò 𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐉𝐨𝐮, the 33-year-old leader of Haiti’s brutal 𝟒𝟎𝟎 𝐌𝐚𝐰𝐨𝐳𝐨 gang. 

“𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦? 𝘎𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺 𝘪𝘵,” he wrote.

The internet delivered. 

Four days later, Bukele announced his forces had followed through: 

“𝘞𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦… 𝘞𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘮ò 𝘚𝘢𝘯 𝘑𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 400 𝘔𝘢𝘸𝘰𝘻𝘰 𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘨’𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴!” he posted,

sharing footage of Salvadoran army helicopters firing rockets into the compound in Croix-des-Bouquets, near Port-au-Prince, as it erupted into a fireball...