Since the first Wednesday of this month, we've been showing you how the mysterious character, known only as "Mr. Middleton",  was being brought up regularly in the Senate Hearings on Immigration. His name was first called by Immigration Officer Mark Tench, as the man who somehow managed to get his hands on at least 6 of the 8 stolen visas which went missing from the Immigration Department's Western Border back in November of 2012. 

Officer Tench then pointed fingers at Patrick Tillett, UDP insider and former Belize City Council employee, who was hired to perform a visa service for 6 Chinese Nationals. Tillett was trying to get their help to get back money they had paid to this "Mr. Middleton".

The plot thickened even more when Tillett appeared before the Senate 2 weeks ago, and disclosed that he received a total of $36,000 from those 6 Chinese "clients" to try to get them Belize visas. He said $1,000 per visa was his fee to make sure that the application was in order. $2,000 was to go into the Government's purse for the visa application. But, the lion's share, $3,000, was being paid to this "Mr. Middleton" who was hired to take the visa applications into the Belmopan Immigration office and do whatever "follow-up" was necessary.

The Senate was highly skeptical of what "Mr. Middleton's" questionable role was and why he fetched such a high price. But, they were even more doubtful of Patrick Tillett's story when he told them that this "Mr. Middleton" never performed the services for the tidy sum that was paid to him to carry out the transactions.  Tillett ends dup with illegal visas which were useless. Rather than report it, Tillett kept the whole thing quiet, and he took a 24 thousand dollar financial hit to refund these Chinese "clients" their money. 

Nobody was willing to identify this "Mr. Middleton" until today when Immigration Officer Inez Cassanova was called to testify in the Senate Hearings. She was shown this picture, and she which she positively identified as Barton Middleton, a resident of Orange Walk Town. Now, we've had this picture since 2 weeks ago, but for legal reasons, we chose not to disclose it, until today when the Senate got confirmation. Here's that moment in the Senate when Barton Middleton was finally revealed as this "Mr. Middleton":

Hon. Aldo Salazar - Chairman, Senate Select Committee
"But you said this person is not your common law husband and that is totally false."

Inez Casanova - Immigration Officer
"Yes sir."

Hon. Aldo Salazar
"Do you know a Mr. Middleton?"

Inez Casanova
"I know a Mr. Middleton who use to work with me at the Orange Walk immigration and his name is Mr. Eugene Middleton. He work there but presently he is retired and I also know another Middleton who is the brother."

Hon. Aldo Salazar
"What is the name of his brother?"

Inez Casanova
"Barton Middleton."

Hon. Aldo Salazar
"Barton Middleton."

Inez Casanova
"Yes sir."

Hon. Aldo Salazar
"You don't know which one of these two Mr. Wade is referring to?"

Inez Casanova
"No sir."

Hon. Aldo Salazar
"Okay, Eugene Middleton was working with you in Orange Walk, what period did he work in Orange Walk?"

Inez Casanova
"I say six years ago."

Hon. Aldo Salazar
"Okay what about Barton Middleton."

Inez Casanova
"Mr. Barton Middleton does not work at the immigration officer; he is not an immigration officer."

Hon. Aldo Salazar
"Okay, you know Mr. Barton Middleton, you identified Mr. Middleton right, so I want you to look at this image and tell me if this is the person in question that we are talking about."

Inez Casanova
"Yes sir."

Hon. Aldo Salazar
"That is Barton Middleton?"

Inez Casanova
"Yes sir."

Hon. Aldo Salazar
"Do you know where Barton Middleton is from?"

Inez Casanova
"I knew Mr. Middleton from Orange Walk due to his brother that worked in Orange Walk."

Hon. Aldo Salazar
"Do you know where he lives?"

Inez Casanova
"No sir I just know he lives in Orange Walk."

Hon. Aldo Salazar
"He lived previously?"

Inez Casanova
"I don't know if he live or he lives because I don't have any contact with him anymore so."