Special Forces team checking Kaieteur Gorge for missing tourist

A team from the Special Forces of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), today descended into the Kaieteur Gorge to continue the search to locate a female tourist who was reported missing at Kaieteur National Park on Tuesday August 1, 2015.

The missing woman has been named as Laleta Sivanand.

A release from the Ministry of the Presidency tonight said that the search is very dangerous as the team members have to carefully navigate their way through the extremely rugged and rocky area and with the Kaieteur Falls at full flow.  As of 16:00 hrs this afternoon, there was no further word on their efforts.

Late on Tuesday afternoon, when it was discovered that one passenger from a Kaieteur flight was missing, a search operation was immediately launched by the Kaieteur National Park Rangers.

Laleta Sivanand
Laleta Sivanand