Document #1245537
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
For information on the measures taken by
the Guyanese government to curtail drug trafficking, please consult
the attached documents. No statistics on police charged with drug
trafficking could be found among the sources consulted by the
DIRB.
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does
not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular
claim to refugee status or asylum.
Attachments
Agence France Presse (AFP) [Paris, in
Spanish]. 5 April 1994. "Roundup of President Jagan's Visit to
Colombia". (FBIS-LAT-94-068 8 Apr. 1994, pp. 44-45)
CANA [Bridgetown, in English]. 17 March
1995. "Jagan: 'Firm Stand' Planned Against Escalating Drug Trade".
(FBIS-LAT-95-054 21 Mar. 1995, p. 43)
_____. 10 July 1993. "Chief Magistrate
Cites Death Threats While Presiding Over Drug Case".
(FBIS-LAT-93-131 12 Jul. 1993, p. 57)
_____. 8 June 1993. "Police Recover
Cocaine Dropped From Plane". (FBIS-LAT-93-109 9 Jun. 1993, p.
72)
_____. 8 December 1992. "Cocaine Fines
Stimulate State Security Measures". (FBIS-LAT-92-237 9 Dec. 1992,
p. 58)
_____. 21 April 1992. "Drug Cooperation
Plan With Venezuela Announced". (FBIS-LAT-92-078 22 Apr. 1992, p.
40)
_____. 18 July 1991. "Drug Cooperation
Agreement Signed With UK". (FBIS-LAT-91-139 19 Jul. 1991, pp.
42-43)
DPA [Hamburg, in Spanish]. 5 April 1994.
"Roundup of President Jagan's Visit to Colombia". (FBIS-LAT-94-068
8 Apr. 1994, p. 44)
EFE [Madrid, in Spanish]. 5 April 1994.
"Roundup of President Jagan's Visit to Colombia". (FBIS-LAT-94-068
8 Apr. 1994, p. 44)
El Tiempo [Santa Fe de Bogota, in
Spanish]. 6 April 1994. "Discusses Drug Trafficking".
(FBIS-LAT-94-070 12 Apr. 1994, p. 54)
Inter Press Service (IPS). 29 November
1994. "Guyana-Women: Uproar Over Strip Searches at Airport."
_____. 31 August 1993. "Guyana: State's
Arms Buildup Plan Makes Opposition Nervous."
Radio Suriname International
[Paramaribo, in English]. 30 August 1991. "Antidrug Border patrols
With Guyana Sought". (FBIS-LAT-91-170 3 Sept. 1991, pp. 42-43)
Additional Sources Consulted
Drug Trafficking Update [Lima].
1989-1995.
Latinamerica Press [Lima].
1990-1995.
Oral sources.