Following a series of attacks on members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) over the past few months, Caribbean leaders are now calling on the Venezuelan Government to arrest the perpetrators.

This was one of the outcomes from the recent 51st Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) held in Gros Islet, Saint Lucia, last week.

“The Heads expressed concern over the fact that Venezuela’s territory was being used to attack Guyanese security personnel who are operating within Guyana’s sovereign territory and expressed their expectation that the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela will apprehend the perpetrators and place them before the judicial authorities in Venezuela,” a joint communiqué on the high-level regional engagement detailed.