Honduran National Sentenced to Six Months for Illegal Entry into Belize

Honduran national thirty-one-year Francisco Hernandez was sentenced to six months at the Belize Central Prison over an immigration offense. Hernandez appeared in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, charged with illegal entry into Belize. Hernandez pleaded guilty to the charge and was fined a thousand dollars and was ordered to pay forthwith. He could not and was sentenced to six months for defaulting. A removal order was granted, so Hernandez will be deported to Honduras once he has served his sentence. Hernandez entered the country via the banks of the Mopan River in Benque Viejo Del Carmen on August 17. He was apprehended by police on August 24.