Chapter 42Let me brief you on the situation in Guyana before we go much further. Carmine had taken over this small property – Sinosetu – from another company, and they were in the middle of their exploration campaign when the troubles started. There were only three people involved in this assignment and they had set up camp at various sites along a track road that led from Approuague-Kaw, a small village on a river of the same name, to Oyapoc across the jungle. Apparently, when the three men arrived midway between the two villages, some guerrillas, who wanted money in exchange for returning their passports and some of their belongings, stopped them in their progress. These supposedly highway robbers had taken the men’s radio and other exploration equipment needed in their research. Once in
