# Haitian Gang Leader Calls for Peace - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2117702754059931671 - Source account: [@JMRAFFi_ES](https://x.com/JMRAFFi_ES) - Source language: Spanish - Target language: English - Duration: 2:14 - Published: 2026-11-04 - Machine translated. Check the original before quoting. - Canonical URL: https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/5AT5vd0QQLu9/transcript-of-haitian-gang-leader-calls-for-peace ## Transcript [0:00](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/5AT5vd0QQLu9/transcript-of-haitian-gang-leader-calls-for-peace) Ten days ago, this man was showing bullets in a video and saying he was going to wait for Bukele. Today, he’s asking the UN for peace. [0:07](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/5AT5vd0QQLu9/transcript-of-haitian-gang-leader-calls-for-peace?t=7) His name is Wilson Joseph, alias Lan Mo Sanjou. [0:11](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/5AT5vd0QQLu9/transcript-of-haitian-gang-leader-calls-for-peace?t=11) He leads 400 Mawozo, one of Haiti’s nine largest gangs, and controls Croix- des- Bouquets, right where the four Salvadoran soldiers were ambushed. [0:22](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/5AT5vd0QQLu9/transcript-of-haitian-gang-leader-calls-for-peace?t=22) And he’s no ordinary gang member. The United States is offering up to one million dollars for him. He’s accused of kidnapping seventeen missionaries in 2021. He held them for sixty- one days, and the UN has him under sanctions since 2023. [0:34](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/5AT5vd0QQLu9/transcript-of-haitian-gang-leader-calls-for-peace?t=34) When the Salvadorans arrived, he and another gang leader issued a warning. [0:40](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/5AT5vd0QQLu9/transcript-of-haitian-gang-leader-calls-for-peace?t=40) If the soldiers came in on foot, not with drones and helicopters, they would meet resistance. On October 23, he posted a video with ammunition. He said he wouldn’t flee Haiti. [0:51](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/5AT5vd0QQLu9/transcript-of-haitian-gang-leader-calls-for-peace?t=51) Bukele replied to him: “God will grant us victory. [0:54](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/5AT5vd0QQLu9/transcript-of-haitian-gang-leader-calls-for-peace?t=54) The creator of the universe is with us.” [0:57](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/5AT5vd0QQLu9/transcript-of-haitian-gang-leader-calls-for-peace?t=57) But this Sunday, November 1, a letter appeared in his name addressed to the UN secretary-general. [1:03](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/5AT5vd0QQLu9/transcript-of-haitian-gang-leader-calls-for-peace?t=63) It asks the UN to send a delegation to Haiti to open a dialogue with the forces international. It says he had wanted a peaceful way out since August. [1:11](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/5AT5vd0QQLu9/transcript-of-haitian-gang-leader-calls-for-peace?t=71) He says Haiti needs dialogue, justice and reconciliation, not more loss of human life. [1:17](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/5AT5vd0QQLu9/transcript-of-haitian-gang-leader-calls-for-peace?t=77) And he blames Bukele's threats for the possibility that the violence could escalate. [1:21](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/5AT5vd0QQLu9/transcript-of-haitian-gang-leader-calls-for-peace?t=81) Note, the UN has not confirmed that the letter is authentic, and the letter doesn't say whether they have the four. [1:28](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/5AT5vd0QQLu9/transcript-of-haitian-gang-leader-calls-for-peace?t=88) Meanwhile, the pressure isn't letting up. [1:30](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/5AT5vd0QQLu9/transcript-of-haitian-gang-leader-calls-for-peace?t=90) On Thursday, the Haitian police reported around twenty gang members killed in Arcahaie, northwest of the capital. [1:36](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/5AT5vd0QQLu9/transcript-of-haitian-gang-leader-calls-for-peace?t=96) Doctors Without Borders reports drone explosions in the northeast of Port- au- Prince Príncipe. And Trump started s— talking again. [1:43](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/5AT5vd0QQLu9/transcript-of-haitian-gang-leader-calls-for-peace?t=103) He said Bukele doesn’t need help. Bukele already has more than two thousand soldiers in Haiti, according to AFP. That’s at least ten percent of his entire army. [1:54](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/5AT5vd0QQLu9/transcript-of-haitian-gang-leader-calls-for-peace?t=114) Today, November second, marks fifteen days without proof of life and without anyone confirming where they are. [2:01](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/5AT5vd0QQLu9/transcript-of-haitian-gang-leader-calls-for-peace?t=121) So, is the one who promised to fight now afraid or does he just want to buy time? [2:07](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/5AT5vd0QQLu9/transcript-of-haitian-gang-leader-calls-for-peace?t=127) Will Bukele agree to talk or will he force his way in? [2:09](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/5AT5vd0QQLu9/transcript-of-haitian-gang-leader-calls-for-peace?t=129) Follow me for part six.