Haiti gang leader threatens to kill kidnapped missionaries if ransom not met
The leader of the 400 Mawozo gang that police in Haiti say
is holding 17 members of a kidnapped missionary group is seen in a video
released Thursday saying he will kill them if he doesn't get what he's
demanding.
The video posted on social media shows Wilson Joseph dressed
in a blue suit, carrying a blue hat and wearing a large cross around his neck.
"I swear by thunder that if I don't get what I'm asking
for, I will put a bullet in the heads of these Americans," he said in the
video.
He also threatened Prime Minister Ariel Henry and the chief
of Haiti's National Police, Leon Charles, as he spoke in front of the open
coffins that apparently held several members of his gang who were recently
killed.
"You guys make me cry. I cry water. But I'm going to
make you guys cry blood," he said.
Earlier this week, authorities said that the gang was
demanding $1 million US per person, although it wasn't immediately clear that
included the five children in the group, among them an eight-month-old. Sixteen
Americans and one Canadian were abducted, along with their Haitian driver.
The missionaries are with Ohio-based Christian Aid
Ministries, which held a news conference before someone posted the video of the
gang leader.
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