Cuban fined and placed in custody
Hunyarys Reygagd
Hunyarys Reygagd

A Cuban, who is currently in police custody for threatening to bomb the United States Embassy, appeared on Friday, January 18, 2019, before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly, after being charged for overstaying in Guyana.

Hunyarys Reygagd had the charge read to him, with the aid of an interpreter. The charge read that between December 14, 2018 and January 17, 2019, at Georgetown, he failed to comply with conditions which stated that he was granted permission to stay in Guyana from November 14, 2018 to December 13, 2018.

Reygagd, who was represented by Bernard DaSilva, pleaded guilty to the charge.
Police Prosecutor Sanj Singh told the court that on November 14, 2018, Reygagd arrived in Guyana through the Cheddi Jagan International Airport and was granted one month ‘s stay in the country by an immigration officer.

On January 17, 2019, Reygagd and his mother went to the Embassy of the United States where it was discovered that he had overstayed his time. Also, stemming from the same incident, it was alleged that Reygagd told his mother in Spanish “If I have to cross the border of the United States that’s what I have to do or place bombs or whatever so that they can understand us”

A representative of the embassy, who also spoke Spanish, heard what Reygagd said and alerted officials.
The magistrate, after hearing the facts, fined Reygagd $30,000 with an alternative of six months imprisonment. He was taken back into police custody, as the investigation into the threats made by him, at the US embassy, continues.

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