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RAD­HI­CA DE SIL­VA

A high-lev­el se­cu­ri­ty threat trig­gered the shut­down of Mid­night Mas just over an hour be­fore mid­night on Car­ni­val Mon­day in San Fer­nan­do, un­leash­ing out­rage among mas­quer­aders, band­lead­ers, ven­dors and city of­fi­cials.

The event, one of South Trinidad’s sig­na­ture Car­ni­val at­trac­tions out­side of J’Ou­vert, had been sched­uled to end at 1 am yes­ter­day. How­ev­er, at ap­prox­i­mate­ly 10.55 pm, mu­sic trucks were or­dered to cut the sound and bands were forced to dis­perse.