US not opposed to minimum security facility for Ed Ahmad

The United States government has told a New York court that it is not opposed to Guyanese businessman Ed Ahmad serving his two-year prison term at a minimum security facility.

This was communicated to Judge Dora Irizarry in a letter dated July 20.

Stating that she could see no basis for preferential treatment to Ahmad, Judge Irizarry had given the US government up to July 20 to state its position on Ahmad’s request to serve his sentence in a minimum security facility.