43 year old Salvadorean Irma Hilda Alaz Azmitia remains in Police custody tonight pending criminal charges for human trafficking. Reports say she's already been assessed for an immigration charge - which will allow the major crimes unit to hold her longer as they prepare the human trafficking charges.
As we reported, Alaz Azmitia is believed to have been the handler for four minors and an 18 year old who were supposed to be trafficked to the USA on a USAIR Flight on Sunday. But, a police source picked up intelligence that led to her arrest and the interception of the 4 minors and an 18 year old. The five persons comprise two females, aged 18 and 14 and the three males -boys aged, 9, 10, and 13.
They are all Salvadorean and arrived in the country last week. They stayed at an inexpensive hotel in Belize City - false Guatemalan passports affixed with bogus US Visas were prepared for them.
All five are in the custody of social services for safe-keeping, while Alaz Azmitia is expected to be arraigned tomorrow.
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