GUYANA - Seventy-five Venezuelan nationals, comprising adults and children, were on Monday intercepted by police in the vicinity of the Abram Zuil Sea Wall on the Essequibo Coast, Region Two. The 75 Venezuelan nationals ...
comprised 57 adult males, nine adult females, and nine children.
Police in a statement on Tuesday said that the interception occurred at about 06:45h Monday by the ranks who were on patrol.
“The Venezuelan nationals were in a boat measuring about forty-five (45) feet in length and eight (8) feet in width powered by two 75 HP Yamaha outboard engines,” the statement said. Following the interception, members of the Immigration Department were summoned and “it was found that the Venezuelans failed to present themselves to the Immigration Department or Port of Entry, using the Atlantic Ocean.”
“They were treated humanely, provided with the basic necessities of food and placed at an institution. They were deported today (Tuesday) to their country of origin with the assistance of adequate fuel and other amenities,” the police said.
