A Belizean has been busted with 36 thousand counterfeit pesos in Mexico. The
Diario de Quintana Roo reports that on Wednesday, 19 year old Manuel Eduardo
Martinez – a Belizean national from Corozal and 39 year old Javier Martinez
Vidal – a resident of Quintana Roo attempted to pay for services at the
Hotel Ucum.
When Mexican State Police arrived, they learnt that the duo had allegedly paid
for the services of a prostitute with 800 counterfeit pesos. The pair led police
to their hotel room where they found 98 – two hundred pesos bills, 36
– five hundred pesos bills, 4 Belizean five dollar bills, and 20 Belize
dollars. The newspaper reports the men confessed.
Martinez furthermore allegedly told police that he bought the money in the
Corozal Free Zone. He said he paid one Jose Luis $4,000 Belize dollars in exchange
for the counterfeit pesos. The men were detained pending charges of counterfeit.
In Mexico that is a crime punishable to up to 15 years in jail.
Of interest are reports that Vidal was allegedly charged in the December 2008
murder plot against the Shoman family. Those are unconfirmed as his name does
not come up but he may be using an alias. The man alleged to be the mastermind
in that conspiracy was recently granted bail.
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