Venezuelan jailed over forged visa, immigration stamp

A 26-year-old Venezuelan tourist and clothing vendor was yesterday sentenced to 30 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to charges of illegal entry, and forgery.

Tamar Elizabeth Gomez was charged with three counts of forgery which state that between October 5 and December 2 at the Ogle International Airport, East Coast Demerara; she uttered to Lance Corporal James one Venezuelan passport numbered 017891677 containing a forged Republic of Guyana immigration stamp and a forged Republic of Guyana tourist visa dated October 5, 2010 purporting to show that she entered Guyana on October 5 knowing same to be false. Between October 5 and December 2 at Essequibo, she