Former US Ambassador to Guyana passes on

George F. Jones

George F. Jones, a former U.S. Ambassador to Guyana who served here during the pivotal 1992 general elections and later led an electoral observation mission for the 1997 elections, died on Monday in Fairfax, Virginia.

He was 79 years old and died as a result of a heart attack, his son George F. Jones III, said in a statement. The diplomat Jones,