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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Haiti authorities on Friday confirmed gang leader Mathias Saintil was ​dead, after Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime ‌said on X there was "one less gang leader."

"The fight to free the country from the grip of ​bandits continues with determination," Fils-Aime added.

A ​National Network for the Defense of Human ⁠Rights report seen by Reuters said Saintil ​suffered serious abdominal wounds in a drone strike ​in Boston, a gang-controlled neighborhood on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince on Thursday night and died the following day ​while receiving treatment.

The reported killing, one of ​the biggest blows to Haiti's gang leadership since 2024, ‌comes ⁠amid an intensified security campaign involving Haitian authorities and newly deployed Salvadoran troops, as the government pushes to restore stability ahead of newly delayed ​elections .

Around 2,000 ​Salvadoran troops ⁠have deployed to Haiti since last month following an ambush in ​which four Salvadoran members of…