Amidst concerns among miners of the presence of “Sindicatos” gangs operating in the Cuyuni River, Divisional Commander Kevin Adonis says that the Guyana Police Force has not found any evidence of such in a recent reported attack on a mining camp and questioned the motives of the miners.
“I have seen miners mining on both sides of the countries’ borders with persons travelling back and forth but nobody can say who are a part of this gang they are calling the Sindicatos,” the commander told Stabroek News yesterday.
Adonis’ comments come in the wake of President of the Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO) Urica Primus’s recent expression of hope that that the resuscitated Hinterland Intelligence Committee can put measures in place to protect miners against the Sindicatos gangs reported to be operating in Guyana. The Sindicatos are believed to be coming from Venezuela.
