Saturday, February 4 2012

INTERPOL officers of the TT Police Service are working closely with officers from the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and other agencies as the search widens for wanted fugitive Sean Lopes, 46.

Yesterday, senior police officials said several searches have been conducted for Lopes who is believed to have entered the country illegally, but he has not been found. Newsday leant that officers are still in the process of carrying out intelligence gathering exercises, in the hope that members of the public can lead them to the wanted man. Lopes, a Guyanese born national was sentenced in absentia to 15 years in jail on charges of kidnapping and attempting to murder his ex-girlfriend who is the niece of a US Federal Judge.

The ruling was handed down on May 20, 2005. On Tuesday, the US Embassy in Port-of-Spain issued a statement offering a reward for the capture of Lopes, along with three photos of the man they described as a violent fugitive. In 2008, Interpol in Guyana issued a wanted bulletin for Lopes for alleged kidnapping and other crimes involving the use of weapons and explosives. Lopes, who is said to have Guyanese and Dutch nationality is said to have ties in this country, Guyana, Canada, Bahamas, and the Dominican Republic.