US Ambassador to Guyana Roland Bullen in 2006 considered the Guyana Government so compromised by Roger Khan that he told Washington nothing would be done about him and the envoy cited the drug lord and a former official of the government as being instrumental in the infamous phantom squad.
In a WikiLeaks cable entitled Shaheed `Roger’ Khan: Guyana’s own Escobar?’, Bullen in a cable of February 1st, 2006 commented as follows on the situation: ““Multiple sources have expressed fears to Ambassador that not only has Khan penetrated almost every level of Guyanese government and society, but that he will exert ever greater influence over the political scene beginning with this year’s elections. Most respected