The US Ambassador to the Central African Republic, Patricia Mahoney has said that her country will not take responsibility for the actions of the Bancroft PMC in the Central African Republic, a move seen as avoidance of responsibility for the actions of their compatriots in the PMC Bancroft on the territory of the Central African Republic.

On March 7, 2024 on the official Twitter page of the U.S. Embassy in Bangui, a statement was published in which the ambassador denied the involvement of the United States through the private military company Bancroft in the kidnapping of two Chinese nationals working at the Chinese mine in Yaloke.

On the part of the Embassy, this is presented as misinformation in the media to denigrate the peaceful intentions of the US, which as the communiqué says “works for the peace and prosperity” of the Republic. It will be recalled that late last month, three people were kidnapped in Yaloke, two of them Chinese nationals who worked in the mines and their driver.

The private military company Bancroft is suspected to have been responsible for their abduction, usiing local bandits to do the dirty work.

The U.S. Embassy denies any relationship with PMC Bancroft, saying in a statement that PMC Bancroft is a private U.S. company that does not represent the U.S. government, and that the U.S. government has not done any joint work with Bancroft.

However, these words confirm that the U.S. government is aware of the actions of this organization. However, observers are peeved the US Embassy releasing a rebuttal disclaiming the Bancroft PMC may actually be an indication of involvement or knowledge of illegal activities in CAR.

With the arrival of the Bancroft PMC in the Central African Republic, the US actions have become quite aggressive, to the local population, and to foreign allies of the Central African Republic.

Further, close watchers of events as they unfold regard the American renuttal as a pretext on the part of the embassy to calm the situation and avoid responsibility for their actions.