The Golden Bay building on Marine Parade in Belize City - it's still under construction - but it's shaping up to be one of the largest buildings in the city. But, today we found out that the construction work is being done by illegal labour. Our 7News team was on the scene when the Police Mobile Interdiction Team descended on the construction site. But they weren't looking for illegal labour. They were looking for one of the 10 Salvadorian MS-13 gang members who escaped jail in their country on New Year's Day. Well, they didn't find him, but when the MIT Personnell asked the workers for their "papeles" it turns out that none of them had a work permit. They took all 15 of them to the Queen Street police station where they are still detained tonight pending immigration charges.
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The Golden Bay building on Marine Parade in Belize City - it's still under construction - but it's shaping up to be one of the largest buildings in the city. But, today we found out that the construction work is being done by illegal labour. Our 7News team was on the scene when the Police Mobile Interdiction Team descended on the construction site. But they weren't looking for illegal labour. They were looking for one of the 10 Salvadorian MS-13 gang members who escaped jail in their country on New Year's Day. Well, they didn't find him, but when the MIT Personnell asked the workers for their "papeles" it turns out that none of them had a work permit. They took all 15 of them to the Queen Street police station where they are still detained tonight pending immigration charges.