Venezuelans jailed for robbing stranded Cuyuni travellers

The five Venezuelan nationals being taken into the holding area at the court building to await transportation to prison after being sentenced yesterday. They all pleaded guilty and they will serve three years in jail for five counts of armed robbery.

Five Venezuelan nationals were yesterday jailed by Magistrate Allan Wilson after they pleaded guilty to five armed robbery charges that stem from an attack on stranded travellers at an island in the Wenamu River, Cuyuni.

Entering their pleas through a translator at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court were Jonathan Benitez, 20, Juan Munoz, 20, Josua Medina, 19, Jhosmel Jose Eurealuces, and Ramon Berudez, 18.  Each of the men netted three years for each charge, for a total of fifteen years for each of them,