Antigua and Barbuda has sought assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation as authorities attempt to make progress in several unsolved investigations.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Albert Wade revealed the development during a media conference on March 10.

“The team is in place, they are actively reviewing files and I believe that pretty soon you may see some traction as we try to shed new light on those cases,” he said.

Police did not specify which cases would be examined.

However, Antigua and Barbuda has several unresolved matters, including missing persons cases involving individuals who disappeared without a trace.

Among them is Trinidadian Thomas Vasquez, who has been missing since April 15, 2025.

Vasquez was last seen at a marijuana farm in Glanvilles where he worked.

Attempts by Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs to obtain answers about the case were unsuccessful.

Following reports in Trinidad and Tobago’s media, Prime Minister Gaston Browne responded to criticism from Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs Sean Sobers in a Facebook post on May 10, 2025.

Browne alleged that Vasquez had a history of entering Antigua by plane and “leaving clandestinely by boat, ostensibly peddling marijuana from an illegal farm on which he worked here in Antigua.”

Despite the allegation, the Prime Minister expressed hope that “the missing young man from Trinidad is safe,” while adding that “there is no evidence to suggest he went missing in Antigua.”