Venezuelan women fined, ordered deported after illegal entry

Two Venezuelan women, one of whom claimed she came to Guyana to see her son, were yesterday ordered deported after they pleaded guilty to illegally entering the country.

According to Prosecutor Vishnu Hunt, Erika Hernandez, 25, on November 8, entered Guyana by sea on a small boat and disembarked at Morawhanna in the North West District, failing to present herself to an immigration officer.

Marian Gonzalez, 26, of Santa Fe, Venezuela was also