El Salvador sends search and rescue teams for earthquake-hit Turkiye

LA PAZ, EL SALVADOR - FEBRUARY 08: Humanitarian support rescuers from El Salvador prepare to board a plane to Turkiye after two powerful earthquakes, at the Comalapa international airport, in La Paz, El Salvador, on February 8, 2023. Salvadoran President, Nayib Bukele, announced this Monday afternoon the sending of technical equipment to Turkiye to help rescue victims of the earthquakes that shook the territory of that country. "In the next few hours, El Salvador will send an aid plane with more than 100 troops to Turkiye, along with search and rescue teams, civil protection, firefighters and rescue dogs," the Salvadoran president reported on his Twitter account. (Photo by Alex Pena/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)