Has the US Embassy revoked Cayo Northeast Representative Elvin Penner's visa? It's a valid question because in 2003, after his Immigration scandal, the former PUP Minister Maxwell Samuels had his visa revoked. 7News put that question to the US Ambassador Carlos Moreno in a media round table today at the US Embassy in Belmopan. But, regrettably, we don't have any video of it tonight because the media was not allowed to tape the session. The embassy said they would tape it and provide video, but at newstime, we were still drumming our fingers on the desk, and waiting in vain for that video.
But we can tell you what the Ambassador did say in response to our question: that he can't discuss any individual's visa status - and we would best refer our question to Penner himself. That doesn't put us anywhere really because Penner hasn't granted any interview since last year when the scandal broke.
The Ambassador was also asked about the status of Dr. Errol Elrington, brother of the Minister of Foreign Affairs who is a US fugitive now living in Belize. When asked if a request would be made for his extradition to the US, the ambassador said he could not discuss specifics of that case either, and would only re-iterate what the Prime Minister has said - that there is a treaty between Belize and the USA for the handling of such cases.
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