Unrest in Vigilance Follows Police Search for Missing Surinamese Men

U.S.-sanctioned businessman Mark Cromwell, also called “Demon,” denied involvement in the disappearance of two Surinamese men and accused Guyana Police Force ranks of corruption and trying to frame him and his family. His wife and brother were questioned in the case, and his brother was later charged with abduction. The allegations remain unverified.

Jimol Murphy, the brother of sanctioned Surinamese figure Mark “Demon” Cromwell, was granted $1 million bail after being charged with allegedly abducting two missing Surinamese nationals, Van Dalen Lorenzo and Derryl Danillo, in Rosignol, Berbice. The men vanished after leaving Suriname on August 28, and their whereabouts remain unknown. The case has intensified regional concern amid related unrest on the East Coast Demerara.

Police have charged Jimol Murphy, a driver and contractor from Vigilance, East Coast Demerara, with the alleged abduction of two missing Surinamese men, Van Dalen Lorenzo and Derryl Danillo. Murphy, brother of Mark “Demon” Cromwell, was granted $1 million bail after appearing virtually in Fort Wellington court, and the case was adjourned to October 19, 2026.

Police released the wife and other relatives of US-sanctioned Guyanese businessman Mark “Demon” Cromwell on $1 million station bail after a 72-hour detention period expired without charges, as investigators probe the disappearance of two Surinamese men. Van Dalen Lorenzo and Derryl Danillo have been missing since August 28, and a joint Guyana-Suriname investigation continues.

Unrest in Vigilance, East Coast Demerara, forced parents to pull children from Buxton Primary and nearby schools after reports of gunfire and burning roadblocks for a second straight day. The disturbances followed police action tied to a probe into two missing Surinamese men and an attempted search of the home of US-sanctioned Mark “Demon” Cromwell. Authorities say the violence has disrupted the area and heightened fears for students and residents.

Gunshots were reported in Vigilance-Buxton on Tuesday before a sand truck was torched, as police responded to roadblocks, burning debris and attacks on firefighters during unrest tied to the arrest of relatives of US-sanctioned businessman Mark Cromwell. Police are reviewing CCTV footage as they investigate the violence, which follows tensions over a missing persons probe.

Suriname’s Major Crime Department and the Guyana Police Force are investigating the disappearance of Van Dalen Lorenzo, 28, and Derryl Danillo, 29, who were last seen on 28 August crossing from Nickerie toward Guyana. Their families are hoping they are found alive, while police have arrested the wife and brother of sanctioned Guyanese businessman Mark Cromwell in connection with the case.

Police are investigating unrest in Vigilance, East Coast Demerara, after a sand truck was set on fire and access roads were blocked during efforts to carry out a search linked to two missing Surinamese men. The disruption has caused traffic delays and raised tensions as authorities review CCTV footage and search for those involved.

Police arrested the wife and brother of sanctioned businessman Mark Cromwell in connection with the disappearance of two Surinamese men, Van Dalen Lorenzo and Derryl Danillo, who were last seen after arriving in Guyana. The arrests triggered unrest at Vigilance, East Coast Demerara, where roads were blocked, a truck was burned and gunshots were reported during a confrontation with police.

A road construction truck was set on fire at Vigilance Public Road on Tuesday as residents blocked police from searching a home linked to US-sanctioned Mark “Demon” Cromwell. The search is tied to the disappearance of two Surinamese men, Van Dalen Siegiëllo Lorenzo and Derryl Danillo, who vanished in late August. Police have not said whether anyone was arrested.

Investigators say the missing men were last seen leaving in a white car registered to Cromwell’s wife, and officers were later blocked from carrying out a search warrant at his home. Tensions escalated when roads were blocked with burning debris and a truck was set on fire, with police met by hostility as they tried to extinguish flames threatening GPL poles.