Following the capture of Roger Khan, US Ambassador Roland Bullen told Washing-ton that the now convicted drug lord had been protected by two senior government officials and he also said that persons had related to the embassy that they had seen Khan leaving the Office of the President.

In perhaps his frankest comments on the relationship between Khan and government officials, Bullen was asked to respond to a series of questions by Washington including the following “Is there evidence, beyond possible conjecture, that Khan enjoys some level of political protection from senior officials of the Guyanese Govern-ment and, if so, from…..