Dear Editor,

The escape of a wanted man and his gang from the lawmen at Christmas Falls was a result of poor strategy and planning. Had the soldiers called for more reinforcements and planned a strategy to contain the criminals in the jungle, Rawlins and his men would have been unable to get out from their hiding place and would have been forced to surrender. The army would have been patrolling the rivers, and soldiers would have been placed at strategic points waiting for the criminals to emerge. The army would have had soldiers going behind the criminals while the helicopters would have been circling above scouring the forest.

With such operations there was no way Rawlins could have come out and hijacked a mini bus.

An army officer was correct when he said that the operation to capture the wanted men was poor.

Yours faithfully,
Baldeo Persaud