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Trinidad and Tobago announced a new emergency on Friday, after the authorities accused the criminal network that operates in prisons throughout the country of planning to kill major government officials and attack public services.
The police said that smuggling mobile phones allowed the participating plan to exchange encrypted messages.
The months of information prompted researchers to believe that targeted indicators included senior police officers, judicial members and officials of the State Prosecutor’s Office, the police said. There were no special threats to politicians.
“They planned and even actively committed murders, robberies and abduction.” The head of the police Alliste Gevarro said to the press conference.
The police described those who participated as “Combined and extremely dangerous criminal network.”
Gurevarro said that the information report prompted him to recommend a Persad-Bissessar to recently chosen Prime Minister Kamle to announce an emergency.
Bang leaders in prison with the highest security in East Trinidad, where illegal possession of mobile phones and other communication devices has long been a problem, were transferred to unknown objects.
“Recently, we saw abductions and murders against our citizens, which we were able to identify in this organized crime” “Gevarro said.
In the context of an emergency, the police can conduct investigations and arrest without a warrant. The ban on traffic was not introduced into force.
This is the second emergency announced in democracy on Twin Island for several months.
In December last year, the authorities took similar measures, referring to the concern about violence in bands. This emergency lasted until mid -April.
The country of more than 1.4 million inhabitants reported 624 murders in 2024, The most deadly year, when the liba recorded, according to the police. Since July 17, the police said that the number of murders this year was 214, which is a decrease compared to 325 murders over the same period of last year.
More sources • AP.