HERE IS THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN WASHINGTON

Ambassador Wendall Jones

Ambassador Wendall Jones spoke to The Tribune to set the record straight about the meeting in Washington D C with U S authorities about the work of American agents in The Bahamas without authority of the government of The Bahamas. The story was reported by Leandra Rolle and was published on 24 September 2026:

On Tuesday, Bahamas Ambassador to the United States Wendall Jones confirmed that a Bahamian delegation took its concerns directly to the US Justice Department, meeting acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian Skaret and other officials over what the government believes were ‘rogue’ DEA operators on Bahamian soil.

The meeting included Assistant Commissioner of Police for Security and Intelligence Dwight Adderley and National Intelligence Agency Director Anthony Ferguson. The Tribune reached out to Mr Jones after Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell posted photographs of the September 18 meeting on Facebook.

Mr Jones accused undercover US agents of operating outside treaties and longstanding arrangements governing law enforcement cooperation between the two countries.

 “The same way a police officer is not allowed to go into the US to arrest someone or something such,” Mr Jones said, “by the same token, the DEA agent is not allowed to do so in The Bahamas unless they have the permission of the government of The Bahamas. That is the complaint.”

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We just wanted to make it very clear that they have been operating against the laws of our country,” he said. “And we just wanted the US authorities to be aware of it and to investigate it so that it doesn’t happen in the future.”

 “In order for a DEA agent to operate in The Bahamas,” he said, “it must do so with the permission of the Bahamas government or the Royal Bahamas police force.

 “That is a matter of law. That is a matter of treaty. That is a matter of an agreement between the two countries and that agreement goes back to the early 1980s.”