PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitian authorities say they have killed the leader of one of the capital's most notorious gangs, the latest blow in an intensifying offensive that now involves thousands of Salvadoran soldiers, private security contractors and attack drones.

Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé confirmed the death of Mathias Saintil, leader of the Boston gang operating in the Cité Soleil slum. "One less gang leader," the prime minister declared on social media, vowing that the fight to free Haiti from criminal gangs would continue.

The killing comes as at least one major armed group signals it may be ready to talk.

Conflicting accounts of his death

Officials and a human rights group gave different explanations of how Saintil died. The Haitian National Police said he "was hit by several bullets in the Nòlyo area" during an operation.

The National Human Rights Defense Network, however, said Saintil was fatally wounded when an explosive drone was deployed between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. Thursday in the area known as Nan Nélio, striking his home and one of his vehicles.

Saintil died Friday, Nov. 6, a day after coordinated police operations swept five communes of........

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