Prison supervisor Garth Guada has been quietly removed from the Eastern Correctional Rehabilitation Centre (ECRC) and placed under Defence Force custody at Teteron Barracks, Chaguaramas, after State of Emergency (SoE) detention orders alleged he continued to facilitate gang activity while behind bars.
The move was confirmed in one of four gazetted detention orders released after 2 pm yesterday. According to the order, Guada—who is legally challenging his detention—remained able to “assist incarcerated persons to engage in gang activity” despite being held at ECRC.
Guada is accused of being an associate of the Radical Islamic Criminal Gang, led by murder accused Rajaee Ali, who is also contesting his detention under the SoE and is being held under military control at Teteron. Two separate gazetted orders—one revoking Guada’s stay at ECRC and another transferring him to the Defence Force—were signed last Thursday.
The other detention orders targeted alleged gang leaders Rusheed “Poohbear” Ghany and Levi “Snakehead” James.
James, of Valencia, is identified as a member of the Resistance Gang with a record of firearm, ammunition, robbery and housebreaking charges. Investigators describe him as an “active shooter” and gang leader planning retaliatory killings using assault rifles in public spaces—a move deemed an “imminent threat to public safety.”
Ghany, linked to addresses in Santa Cruz and Moruga, is accused of leading an unnamed organised crime group. Authorities say he is involved in murders, armed robberies, car thefts, firearms trafficking, and has ordered a gang war with rivals, including plans to capture and harm specific targets with high-powered rifles in public areas.
All four detention orders—signed by Homeland Security Minister Roger Alexander between August 15 and September 4—underscore the government’s claim that the SoE is necessary to prevent escalating gang violence.
