Rondell "Fineman" Rawlins (c. 1975 – August 28, 2008) was a Guyanese

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leader and

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believed responsible for a number of crimes in the

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n nation. Rawlins was implicated in the murder of Guyanese Agriculture Minister

Satyadeow Sawh Satyadeow Sawh ( hi, सत्यदेव शा) (June 13, 1955 – April 22, 2006) was the Agriculture Minister of Guyana and prominent Hindu politician in Guyana. He also served, at various times as ambassador to: Colombia, Venezuela, and ...

on April 22, 2006, along with Sawh's brother and a security guard. On January 26, 2008, Rawlins and his men killed eleven people, including five children, in an attack on the village of Lusignan in what is known as the Lusignan Massacre. On February 17, the gang carried out the

Bartica Massacre The Bartica Massacre refers to the murder of twelve residents of Bartica, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Guyana, murdered by the criminal gang led by Rondell "Fineman" Rawlins. Rawlins and many of the other suspected gang members were later killed by Guyanese s ...

, when they attacked the town of Bartica, Essequibo, and killed 12 people including three police officers. Rawlins believed that his missing girlfriend had been abducted by the government, thus motivating the massacres. The Guyanese government put a reward of 50 million

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s (US$250,000) on Rawlins and launched a nationwide manhunt. The search for Rawlins came to an end on August 28, 2008, when police found Rawlins at one of his hideouts near the capital city of Georgetown. Police shot and killed Rawlins and two other gang members in the shootout that followed.

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The gunmen's great escape from Bartica

Guyana shooting rampage kills 11

Guyanese police renew reward offer for gang wanted in slaying of agriculture minister

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