Tonight, a 21 year old Lebanese man named Aaladin Harmouche is wanted by police and immigration authorities after his case of illegal entry was dismissed in Benque Viejo court yesterday.
According to reports, Harmouche was caught entering Belize illegally at the Western Border on March 26th. He was charged for illegal entry, pleaded guilty was fined a thousand dollars and then remanded to prison, because he had been in Belize illegally – on an expired visitor's permit – and he was held pending a removal order.
He was due back in court yesterday to pay the fine and then face the removal order – but due to a curious mix – up, he never made it to Benque Viejo Magistrate's Court for the hearing.
According to reports, the prosecutor from requested an adjournment, but the Magistrate dismissed the case. It turns out, instead of being in Benque Court, he was at the San Ignacio police station, and when he was finally taken to court at 11:00 am, the Magistrate told him he was free to go – even though he did not have a valid visitor permit and, according to reports, did not pay his fine.
And that‘s why he is wanted tonight. According to immigration authorities Harmouche had been in Belize for a year – much of that time with an expired visitor's permit. Guatemalan authorities have been informed that he is wanted in Belize, but the police have not put out an Interpol notice.
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