Reports have surfaced that another senior officer of the Guyana Police Force (GPF), Mitchell Caesar, has had his U.S. visa revoked.
The development has intensified public scrutiny of the Guyana Police Force, particularly in the absence of any official statement from top brass. As of publication, neither the GPF nor the Ministry of Home Affairs has issued a statement addressing the reported visa revocation.
Caesar was reportedly travelling from the Caribbean to the United States at the time his visa was revoked. No details have been disclosed regarding the basis for the decision by U.S. authorities. The US Embassy in Guyana has not issued any statement.
The matter has revived long-standing public concerns surrounding Caesar’s career, including the events of 2022 regarding the fatal shooting of businessman Ricardo Fagundes outside the Palm Court establishment.
This is not the first time that Caesar has faced US authorities. In March 2024, he was detained and questioned by law enforcement agents at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York while serving as Head of the GPF’s Major Crimes Unit.
At the time, the Guyana Police Force’s Corporate Communications Department said it could not confirm the reports, stating only that Caesar was on vacation leave in the United States. Hours later, Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo publicly acknowledged that a report had been made to Caesar’s superior officer and indicated that the matter would be addressed by the police leadership.
Jagdeo also noted that the government had not sought clarification from U.S. authorities, explaining that such agencies do not disclose reasons for questioning individuals. Caesar was subsequently released and allowed to depart the United States. Reports indicated that he had been returning from India, where he had travelled for training, and was transiting through New York en route to Guyana.
This development comes against the backdrop of heightened U.S. scrutiny of Guyana, including June 2025 sanctions imposed by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on several Guyanese nationals, among them Senior Superintendent Himnauth Sawh, over alleged involvement in transnational cocaine trafficking. Sawh was later placed on administrative leave. He has also been barred from entering the US.
