Rondell Rawlins

Rondell "Fineman" Rawlins (c. 1975 – August 28, 2008) was a Guyanese gang leader and fugitive believed responsible for a number of crimes in that South American nation. Rawlins was responsible for the murder of Guyanese Agriculture Minister Satyadeow Sawh 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 The Lusignan Massacre. On February 17, gunmen attacked the town of Bartica, killing three policemen and nine civilians. [http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/bartica-in-guyana-turns-into-ghost-town-after-massacre_10019139.html]

Rawlins believed that his missing girlfriend had been abducted by the government, thus motivating the massacres. [http://www.pulitzercenter.org/openitem.cfm?id=919]

The Guyanese government put a reward of 50 million Guyanese dollars ($250,000 USD) on Rawlins and launched a nationwide manhunt. The search for Rawlins came to an end on August 28, 2008, when police caught up with Rawlins at one of his hideouts near the capital Georgetown. Police shot and killed Rawlins and two other gang members in the shootout that followed. [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/29/news/CB-Guyana-Fugitive-Killed.php]

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* [http://www.stabroeknews.com/news/the-gunmen%E2%80%99s-great-escape-from-bartica/ The gunmen's great escape from Bartica]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7210929.stm Guyana shooting rampage kills 11 ]
* [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/07/news/CB-GEN-Guyana-Minister-Slaying.php Guyanese police renew reward offer for gang wanted in slaying of agriculture minister]
* [http://www.guyanachronicle.com/ARCHIVES/archive%2029-08-08.html#Anchor--------------51418 Fineman Dead]