Amnesty International on Monday urged El Salvador and Haiti to publish the agreement governing the massive deployment of Salvadoran troops to the gang-plagued Caribbean nation, and for both countries to ensure rights are respected. The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, has sent some 2,000 soldiers to Haiti since the disappearance in mid-October of four Salvadoran soldiers. The vast majority of Salvadoran soldiers do not participate in the UN-backed Gang Suppression Force (GSF), raising concerns about its rules of engagement. “Both governments must make public the agreement governing the deployment and explain how they supervise the deployed forces, what rules govern the use of force, to whom they are accountable, and how people can report possible violations without fear of reprisals,” Ana Piquer, director of Amnesty for the Americas, said Monday. Bukele initially claimed that the deployment was aimed at bringing missing personnel home. However, he later hinted at a broader goal of eliminating Haiti’s powerful gangs, as he did in his own country with a campaign that sparked accusations of rights abuses. Piquer urged Bukele and Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime to “ensure that all operations carried out by Salvadoran forces in Haiti comply with international human rights law.” He also called on both countries to establish “prompt, independent and impartial investigations into all allegations of human rights violations.” “The response to gang violence must not replicate the abuses and impunity that have characterized previous interventions in Haiti,” he added. (FRANCE 24 with AP)