Cuban deported for overstaying

A 62-year-old Cuban woman was on Friday deported after she appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts charged for overstaying in Guyana.
Helena Maria Medina appeared before City Magistrate Judy Latchman and admitted that she indeed overstayed in Guyana, decrying the economic situation in her homeland forced her to commit the offence.
The prosecution contended that between June 21 and September 4, 2017, at Georgetown, Medina failed to comply with conditions subject to which a permit has been granted; that is to say, she overstayed in Guyana.
Prosecutor Shawn Gonsalves revealed the facts which showed that the defendant overstayed for a one-month period.
On the day the accused was arrested, she was travelling in a route 94 minibus which was stopped and inspected by Police ranks.
When her passport was checked, it was discovered that she had been overstaying in Guyana and as such she was arrested and charged.
According to Medina, she came to Guyana to seek work as the situation in her home country is unbearable. She begged Magistrate Latchman to make an exception in her case and not to deport her, as she is also a two-time cancer survivor.
However, Magistrate Latchman fined her $50,000 or a default of 14 days imprisonment. She was ordered to be escorted to the nearest airport where she is to be immediately deported