Guyanese imprisoned in Ecuador has to allow legal process to take its course

Teffiny Onika Smith

Teffiny Onika Smith, the Guyanese woman imprisoned in Ecuador, will have to let due process take its course, according to Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, who says that nothing can be done presently to help the woman get home.

Smith, a mother of four, has been in custody in an Ecuadorian jail since June 11 last year, after she was held at the airport there with two kilogrammes of cocaine in her luggage, and Rodrigues-Birkett on Thursday said that her ministry had been alerted shortly after the arrest. She said that according to the information that was provided,