Chinanews.com, October 22. According to the American Chinese website, a video released on the 21st showed that the Haitian gang leader who kidnapped 17 American and Canadian missionaries and their families last week threatened that if they did not get what he asked for For the ransom, he will kill the hostages.

  A source from the Haitian Security Forces told CNN that this video was filmed at a funeral for gang members on the 20th who were allegedly killed by the police.

  On the 16th, 16 American citizens and a Canadian were kidnapped by a gang named 400 Mawozo while leaving an orphanage in Haiti.

These missionaries belonged to the Christian Aid Organization based in Ohio.

According to the organization, the kidnapped group consisted of five men, seven women and five children. The youngest child was only 8 months old.

  Haitian Minister of Justice and Interior Quitel said the kidnappers demanded a ransom of $1 million for each hostage.

  Before receiving the latest threats, the families of the victims made their first voice in the kidnapping case on the 21st. They thanked people for their support and said that the kidnapping was a "unique opportunity" to express sympathy.

  Quettel said that Haitian police negotiators and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) were involved in helping resolve the kidnapping case.

This incident has aroused widespread concern around the world about Haitian gang violence and insecurity.

  According to the latest estimates from the Center for Human Rights Analysis and Research (CARDH) in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, between January 1 and October 16, at least 782 people were kidnapped in Haiti, of which at least 53 were foreigners.

  CARDH stated that after the assassination of the President of Haiti in July, kidnapping and extortion cases have surged in recent months, with at least 119 kidnapping incidents occurring in the first half of October alone.

  CARDH also pointed out that 400 Mawozo are notorious for collective kidnapping, and they will force the entire bus off the road.

  Although Quitel promised that the Haitian government is working tirelessly to resolve the current kidnapping problem peacefully, the well-equipped local gangs have posed a huge challenge to the security of the situation.

  On the same weekend that the American and Canadian missionaries were kidnapped, out of security considerations, Haitian Prime Minister Henry abandoned his plan to lay a wreath at the monument to the Haitian revolutionary leader De Salin because he was located in a gang-controlled area in Port-au-Prince.