A Venezuelan national, who says he came for work, was fined $50,000 on Thursday after he admitted to illegally entering Guyana.
Alexander Betancourt admitted that on November 2nd, 2017, at Eteringbang, Cuyuni River, he entered Guyana by sea and disembarked without the consent of an immigration officer.
Betancourt, who pleaded guilty to the charge when he appeared in a Georgetown court, told Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman through a translator that he came to Guyana for work.
