五名萨尔瓦多士兵在海地伏击中失踪 这些士兵是联合国支持的打击帮派暴力部队的一员，据信已被绑架。
Five Salvadoran Soldiers Missing in Haiti After Ambush The soldiers, part of a U.N.-backed force sent to combat gang violence, were apparently abducted.
三名知情人士表示，周日，五名萨尔瓦多士兵在首都附近购物时遭到伏击，数小时后仍下落不明。这些士兵是新成立的联合国支持部队的成员，该部队旨在制止海地的帮派暴力。
Five Salvadoran soldiers, members of a new U.N.-backed force sent to stop gang violence in Haiti, were ambushed while out shopping near the capital on Sunday and were still missing several hours later, three people familiar with the situation said.
士兵们当时乘车在太子港以北的一个帮派控制区域，其中一名士兵报告称他们遭到袭击，他自己也受了伤。知情人士表示，自那以后，没有人再收到他或车上其他四人的消息。
The soldiers were in a vehicle in a gang-controlled area just north of Port-au-Prince when one of the five reported they were under attack and he had been injured. No one has heard from him or the four others in the vehicle since, the people said.
这些士兵属于帮派镇压部队，这是一个联合国支持的任务，旨在遏制海地广泛的帮派暴力。该部队目前由乍得、萨尔瓦多、危地马拉、牙买加、蒙古和斯里兰卡的不到1000名人员组成。萨尔瓦多人运营一个直升机部队，主要负责运输和其他后勤工作。
The soldiers were part of the Gang Suppression Force, a U.N.-backed mission aimed at curtailing Haiti’s widespread gang violence. The force is currently made up of fewer than 1,000 personnel from Chad, El Salvador, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mongolia and Sri Lanka. The Salvadorans operate a helicopter unit that largely handles transportation and other logistics.
目前不清楚萨尔瓦多人为何在一个被视为禁区的“红区”购物，联合国和外交使团的人员如果没有装甲车和武器，将被禁止进入该地区。一名接近情况的人士表示，该任务的其他士兵正在外出寻找他们。
It was unclear what the Salvadorans were doing shopping in an area that is considered a restricted “red zone,” which people from the United Nations and diplomatic missions would be prohibited from entering without armored vehicles and weapons. Other soldiers in the mission were out looking for them, one of the people close to the situation said.
两名知情人士表示，他们在圣多贡购物，这是克鲁瓦德布凯附近的一个社区，由一个名为“恶犬”的帮派控制。这两人和第三人均要求匿名，因为他们未获授权公开讨论此案。以大规模绑架著称的400马沃佐帮派也在该地区活动。
They were shopping in Santo, a community near Croix-de-Bouquets controlled by a gang known as “Chien Méchant,” or “Vicious Dog,” two of the people said. They and the third person all spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the case publicly. The 400 Mawozo gang, known for conducting widespread kidnappings, also operates in that area.
帮派镇压部队的一名发言人拒绝确认任何细节，但表示将稍后发表声明。海地国家警察的一名发言人表示，他没有该事件的信息。
A spokesman for the Gang Suppression Force declined to confirm any details but said he would release a statement later. A spokesman for the Haitian National Police said he did not have information on the incident.
该地区居民在社交媒体上报告称，直升机活动和枪击事件有所增加。
Residents in the area took to social media to report increased helicopter activity and gunfire.
海地正陷入极端的帮派危机之中，自2021年以来，该危机已夺走超过2.2万条生命。根据联合国统计，今年上半年至少有138人被绑架。
Haiti is in the throes of an extreme gang crisis which has claimed more than 22,000 lives since 2021. At least 138 people were kidnapped in the first six months of this year, according to U.N. statistics.
帮派镇压部队是在先前一次国际任务未能平息暴力之后组建的。新部队规模预计将大得多，由来自世界各地的5500名士兵组成，并拥有更强有力的授权，可以独立于警察行动，甚至可以进行逮捕。
The Gang Suppression Force was organized after a previous international mission failed to quell the violence. The new force is supposed to be much larger, made up of 5,500 soldiers from around the world, and with a more robust mandate to operate independently of the police and even make arrests.
上个月在一次采访中，海地帮派镇压部队特别代表杰克·克里斯托菲德斯承认，该部队的人数落后于计划，但表示行动已经开始削弱帮派的勒索等活动。
In an interview last month, Jack Christofides, special representative of the Gang Suppression Force in Haiti, acknowledged that the force was behind in troop numbers but said the operations were already beginning to chip away at gang activities such as extortion.
“我们看到的是，帮派开始攻击我们，这无疑表明我们正在影响他们的商业模式，正在影响他们的收入征收，”克里斯托菲德斯先生说。“但我们还有很长的路要走，我们完全意识到这一点。”他说，该部队将在今年年底前让大部分士兵部署到当地。暴力如此猖獗，以至于官员们多次推迟选举，选举已十年未举行。安德烈·波尔特和迈克尔·安东尼·亚当斯为本报道做出贡献。
“What we’re seeing is that the gangs are starting to attack us, which is a sure sign that we’re affecting their business model, and we’re affecting their revenue collection,” Mr. Christofides said. “But we’ve got a long way to go, we totally recognize that.”He said the force would have most of its soldiers on the ground by late this year. The violence is so rampant that officials have repeatedly postponed elections, which have not been held in a decade. André Paultre and Michael Anthony Adams contributed reporting.
弗朗西丝·罗布勒斯是《纽约时报》拉丁美洲和加勒比地区记者。她报道该地区已超过25年。
Frances Robles is a Times reporter covering Latin America and the Caribbean. She has reported on the region for more than 25 years.