US EditionTrinidad and Tobago Imposes Another State of Emergency After Uncovering Plot to Kill Key Officials
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, JUL 18 – The government empowered police with warrantless search and arrest powers to dismantle a prison-based crime syndicate responsible for kidnappings, assassinations, and violent crimes, police said.
- On July 18, 2025, the Trinidad and Tobago government declared a state of emergency, to curb a criminal network operating from the national prison system.
- After receiving Thursday intelligence reports, Allister Guevarro, Police Commissioner, said the reports revealed an organised crime syndicate, enabled by smuggled cellphones into prisons.
- The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service said, `These extraordinary measures are necessary to preserve public order, restore confidence in our national security framework, and ensure the continued stability of the country.`
- Authorities initiated inmate relocations, and police units have begun targeted overt and covert operations.
- Any further extension requires approval by both Houses of Parliament, with a three-fifths majority vote, and cannot exceed three months per extension.
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Trinidad and Tobago imposes another state of emergency after uncovering plot to kill key officials
Authorities in Trinidad and Tobago have declared a new state of emergency after accusing “a coordinated and highly dangerous criminal network” operating in prisons across the country of plotting to kill key government officials and attack public institutions.
Trinidad and Tobago Declares State of Emergency Over Criminal Network Operating from Prisons - teleSUR English
Inmates are planning attacks on key figures in the national security and justice sectors, Police Commissioner Guevarro said. On Friday, Trinidad and Tobago declared a state of emergency in response to what it described as “a coordinated and dangerous criminal network operating from the national prison system.” RELATED: Modi Urges Greater Role for Global South During State Visit to Trinidad and Tobago President Christine Kangaloo signed the procl…
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Port of Spain - A criminal network of prisons is said to have planned attacks on justice and police. The island state reacts with the second state of emergency in a few months.
Trinidad And Tobago Declares State Of Emergency After Plot To Kill Government Officials Uncovered - Great Yorkshire Radio
Police said they had intelligence that phones smuggled into prisons allowed those involved in the plot to plan to target senior police officers, members of the judiciary and employees at the state prosecution office. At a press conference on Friday, police commissioner Allister Guevarro said: “They were planning, actively so, to carry out assassinations, robberies, and kidnappings.” He said the intelligence report prompted him to recommend that …
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