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Colombian deported after illegal entry

Jun 21, 2012 News

A Colombian national was yesterday ordered to be deported to her country after she entered Guyana illegally. The 22-year-old woman was also ordered to pay a $50,000 fine or face three months imprisonment.
Evon Tatian Valencia Cortez appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive- Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. She pleaded guilty to failing to present herself to an immigration officer after entering the country.
With the help of a language interpreter, the court heard that on February 10, at Lethem, Rupununi, she was held for entering the country without presenting herself at a port of entry.
They said that the woman is the holder of a Colombian passport.
They said that on February 9 the woman was in Brazil and she made her way over to Guyana through Lethem.
The police further said that on June 19 the defendant was at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport as a passenger on an outgoing flight back to her country.
On checking, the immigration officers there noticed that there was no entry stamp in the woman’s travel document. She was then arrested and taken to the Criminal Investigations Office, Eve Leary.
The defendant was represented by Attorney-at-law Oneka Archer.
She gave the defendant’s particulars and said that her client had no intention of wasting the court’s time.
She said that her client was on her way home and had no desire to remain in Guyana. Archer also requested that the court not impose a custodial sentence.
The defendant was ordered to pay the fine forthwith or face the jail term.

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