Garvin Guerra to go before SoE tribunal

THE SON of previously detained businessman Danny Guerra will appear before the state of emergency (SoE) review tribunal on January 6.

He has also retained the British King’s Counsel who previously represented his father to challenge his preventive detention order (PDO).

Garvin Guerra was arrested on November 20, along with his father, on allegations that he is a member of a gang and involved in trafficking illegal arms, money laundering and illegal quarrying. His detention order alleged he had access to a cache of high-powered firearms with the intention to “imminently execute the assassination of a Government Minister and to escalate attacks against rival gangs in public spaces.”

On January 2, Guerra’s father was released from detention and his PDO revoked by Homeland Security Minister Roger Alexander.

His release came hours after his attorneys escalated their legal challenge to his preventive detention, issuing a pre-action protocol letter to Alexander and threatening immediate High Court proceedings unless the detention order was revoked or extensive disclosure was provided by 4 pm on January 2.

That move followed sharp criticism of the SoE Review Tribunal, which Guerra’s attorneys accused of failing to act with the urgency required to protect his constitutional right to liberty during a state of emergency.

Richard John Thomas KC, a barrister admitted to practise at the Bar of England and Wales in 2002, was authorised by Attorney General John Jeremie, SC, to appear in TT for Guerra’s case, according to Legal Notice No. 1 of 2026 gazetted on January 5 and signed on January 2.

Guerra and his son were previously charged on October 11 with unlawful processing of aggregate without a licence from the Ministry of Energy and were granted $50,000 bail each by a justice of the peace. Guerra, manager of D Guerra Ltd and owner of several companies under the D Guerra Group of Companies, his son Garvin Guerra, 28, and 16 others were detained after a major police operation on October 9. That operation shut down an illegal quarry at Manuel Congo, Guanapo, and resulted in the seizure of a multimillion-dollar processing plant, trucks and other heavy machinery.

They have since appeared in court on the charges.