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Indigenous activist groups accused Guyanese forces of attacking and killing Amerindians in the region. According to Sanders, "reliable sources" reported two or three Amerindians killed and said that accusations that up to seventy deaths occurred were "rumors." The Guyanese government
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when they participated in the rebellion. On 16 January 1970, the verdict of the jury was determined after seven hours of deliberation; seven of the ten accused were found not guilty while a verdict was not presented for Aldwyn, Colin and Patrick. The judge overlooking the trial ordered a retrial,
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against Guyana and later in the year, a British national was expelled from Guyana for provoking indigenous groups to support Venezuela territorial claims. Venezuela then made territorial claims in August 1968 that land two miles to the east that spanned from the
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declaring in a joint statement that they pledged loyalty to Guyana, that they would never accept Venezuelan territorial claims and that they condemned individuals who collaborated with foreign nations.
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assisting the rebels, saying that Valerie was provided facilities in Venezuela where she could make radio broadcasts promoting her movement, asking for aid from individuals from the
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politician, her two brothers, James and Elmo, and two Americans named Harry and Richard Lawrence, also led the rebellion. Another participant was Clement Tezarik, son of a
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that Venezuela recognized as its own and called Guayana Esequiba. The Venezuelan government later settled the leaders of the rebellion into the
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that Venezuelans were "victims of British expansionism, and Guyana is the heir and beneficiary of that encroachment on our territory."
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