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Minister of National Security Marvin Gonzales says the State of Emergency (SoE) was a “success,” as he revealed 14 people were charged as it came to an end at midnight Sunday.
While he was unable to provide any specific details on who was charged or what charges under the Anti-Gang legislation were laid, Gonzales said detainees were facing several offences. The 14 were among 53 people held in connection with suspected gang activity during the SoE. Thirty-nine of them were released from the Maximum Security Prison and the Eastern Correctional Rehabilitation Centre hours before the SoE came to and.
The SoE was declared on December 30, 2024, in a bid to quell a series of gang-related murders and shootings in and around Port-of-Spain at the time.
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