ANOTHER large group of deportees was returned here aboard a chartered aircraft from the United States yesterday after serving jail terms there.

The 15 arriving here yesterday were Randolph Darrel, Lawrence Drakes, Carlos Stuffle, Ian Arrindell, Sherwin Slugh, Curtis Gordon, Eon Anthony Blue, Basdeo Rampersaud, Albert Muller, Nigel Troy Willis, Derrick Nelson, Alvin Pross, Trevor Bacchus, Marlon Bonmalrajigah and Rex Singh.

They were the second large batch from the list of 113 felons the U.S. wants to ship back here.

On Wednesday last, the first big batch of 14 arrived in the country also by charter and under tight security.

Immediately after deplaning last week at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, some returning here for the first time in many years, the men were placed in two mini-buses which were on the tarmac awaiting their arrival and taken to Police headquarters in Georgetown.

There, the deportees as part of the normal procedure were questioned and fingerprinted.

The return of the deportees comes after a concerted effort by the Government of Guyana to have them positively identified as Guyanese nationals.

Guyana failed to meet a U.S. deadline last month to have the process completed and travel documents issued and this led to a ban on issuing U.S. non-immigrant visas to Government officials and their immediate families.

On Friday, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Rudy Insanally reported that the Government had completed the verification process and had issued travel documents for the 113 deportees.

He said the U.S. and Guyana should this week be in discussions to hammer out a framework agreement that would provide a clear mechanism for handling deportees in the future and for delegating responsibilities on both sides.

Insanally said too that Guyana's Ambassador in Washington, Dr. Odeen Ishmael had met officials of the U.S. State Department and they had expressed satisfaction with the way Guyana has discharged its obligation.