By Breaking Belize News Staff: A 39-year-old Honduran woman who had been living in Crooked Tree was fined $1,005 and ordered removed from Belize after pleading guilty to failing to comply with the conditions of her visitor’s permit.
Jessica Carolina Sarmiento Pineda appeared unrepresented before the Belize City Magistrate’s Court on Monday, where she was charged with one count of failure to comply with the conditions of a visitor’s permit.
According to the prosecution, Pineda entered Belize on May 6, 2026, and was granted permission to remain in the country for 20 days. She did not leave Belize within that period or obtain an extension of her stay and subsequently continued residing in Crooked Tree Village.
After the charge was explained to her in court, Pineda pleaded guilty.
As a first-time offender, she was fined $1,000 plus $5 in court costs. The fine was ordered paid forthwith, with three months’ imprisonment in default.
Pineda was able to pay the fine, avoiding the default prison sentence; however, the court also issued a removal order requiring her to be sent back to Honduras.
She was remanded to the Belize Central Prison pending her removal from the country, which is expected by the end of the week.
Belizean courts have previously dealt with similar immigration offences involving visitors who remain in the country beyond the period authorized by their permits, with offenders subject to fines and eventual removal from Belize.
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By Breaking Belize News Staff: A 39-year-old Honduran woman who had been living in Crooked Tree was fined $1,005 and ordered removed from Belize after pleading guilty to failing to comply with the conditions of her visitor’s permit. Jessica Carolina Sarmiento Pineda appeared unrepresented before the Belize City Magistrate’s Court on Monday, where she was
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