Syndicato gang shoots at patrol vessel in Cuyuni River
Chief of Staff, Brigadier Godfrey Bess, was briefed on the security and operations ongoing at Eteringbang August last (File photo)
Chief of Staff, Brigadier Godfrey Bess, was briefed on the security and operations ongoing at Eteringbang August last (File photo)

GUYANA’s security forces have intensified boat patrols in the Cuyuni River, after a Joint Service patrol came under fire from the Venezuelan shore, reportedly from Syndicato gang members.

According to the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), the security forces, during a routine joint patrol in the Cuyuni River (Guyana/Venezuela border), on Wednesday, came under attack but none of the ranks was injured.

Guyana’s border with Venezuela is more than 1,000 kilometers long and patrols are conducted on a routine basis, by ranks of the GDF and the Guyana Police Force, the Army noted.

“Wednesday’s occurrence is not new and several measures are being explored towards a resolution,” the GDF noted.
Earlier this month, for the second time in two days, two officers attached to the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) came under fire in the Cuyuni River across the Venezuelan shore at a location called “Baboon”.

The first shooting incident occurred on September 3 when GGMC employees were travelling from Eteringbang to conduct mining inspections in the Cuyuni River.
On Friday, September 4, while they were en route to their base, they were once again targeted. They suspect that the shots were fired by the dangerous Syndicato gang operating in Venezuela.

Both incidents were reported to the police. As such, a decision was made to increase joint patrols in the Kurshi area.
A similar incident occurred in May 2016 when officers of the GGMC narrowly escaped injury after they came under attack from members of the Venezuelan army, in the vicinity of Eteringbang, in the Cuyuni River.

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