Colombian woman fined $50,000 and ordered deported for illegal entry

Vaughn Katina Velincia Cortez

A 22-year-old Colombian national who at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri was discovered to have entered Guyana illegally was yesterday fined $50,000 and ordered to be immediately deported when she appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

A tearful Vaughn Katina Velincia Cortez through an interpreter pleaded guilty to the February 10 charge which stated that at Lethem,