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Dainier Vegas Infante, a 23-year-old Cuban who worked as a janitor at a bar on Forshaw Street in the Queenstown neighborhood of Georgetown, was shot and killed on Sunday morning at his workplace, as reported by the Guyana Police.
According to reports from local media such as News Source, the crime occurred around 5:45 in the morning, when four men arrived near the establishment.
According to the official statement from the authorities, one of the suspects, armed with a pistol, approached two men who were sitting outside the premises and engaged them in conversation.
Infante left the establishment and approached the group, at which point the armed suspect shot him in the upper body, causing him to fall to the ground.
The shooter fled in a vehicle down Forshaw Street, while the other three suspects escaped in separate cars. The others present at the scene were shocked by the lifeless body of the young man.
A duty physician declared the victim dead at the scene. Her body was subsequently transferred to Memorial Gardens funeral home, where an autopsy will be performed.
The incident was captured by the establishment's surveillance cameras, recordings that investigators are analyzing as part of the investigation. The video published by The News Desk reveals the sequence of events.
The police response was swift. "Thanks to coordinated efforts and the use of the Guyana Police Command Center, a vehicle linked to the incident was identified and intercepted, and a 45-year-old woman, manager of Little Diamond in East Bank Demerara, was arrested and is currently in police custody," stated the Guyana Police in a press release.
The vehicle was seized and is being processed as evidence. Authorities indicated that the four direct suspects remain at large and are believed to also be foreigners, reported News Room.
The young man resided in Alexander Village, Georgetown, authorities confirmed.
This crime adds to a worrying wave of violence against Cubans in Guyana that has intensified in the past two years.
Since October 2024, at least five Cubans have lost their lives in that country: Yuni Zamora Castro, José Aurelio Ramírez, Davely Morales, Pedro Alexander Frometa Slonchak —shot dead by a security guard in a supermarket in Georgetown in August 2025— and Ariel Betancourt Ramírez, stabbed in an apparent robbery in December 2025.
The Cuban community in Guyana is estimated to be between 5,000 and 7,000 people, mainly concentrated in Georgetown, where they work in construction and services. Many also face a precarious immigration situation, as the Guyanese system only allows visa extensions of three months with a maximum of two renewals.
In April of this year, a 19-year-old Cuban survived in Guyana after an emergency surgery for a knife embedded in his brain, in yet another incident that highlights the vulnerability of this migrant community.
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