Guyana questions U.S. jurisdiction in mass deaths

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23, 1978 (UPI) -- Guyana has refused at least temporarily to let an FBI team onto its soil to investigate the Jonestown cult murder of Rep. Leo Ryan and four other Americans, officials disclosed. Officials said the Guyanese government has permitted one special FBI agent from Caracas, Venezuela, to enter Guyana as an observer and adviser to the investigation by Guyanese police. But they said nine other agents have been denied entry thus far because Guyana is questioning U.S. jurisdiction over the case.