Brazilian businessman Rodrigo de Paula says that he was clueless that presidential guards were among the group of men hired to “conduct a peaceful operation” to remove a conveyor to prevent the illegal use of the Guyana Sandport Inc. wharf.

De Paula also produced documents to support that he was the one who rented the Coverden, East Bank Demerara property that has been home to the company since 2006, that he had full control of the company and that the conveyor system, which was the target of the operation, …..