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US Diplomat Tours the Hondo Hotbeds
posted (July 25, 2019)
Botes, Mexico is one of the hottest of the hot spots for contraband coming across the Rio Hondo into Santa Cruz, Belize.

But, since early July, contraband has become scarce in some areas, thanks to a a multi agency deployment of customs, immigration, police and BDf to slow the traffic at that illegal crossing.

And it has slowed the traffic. Earlier this week, the US Embassy's Chargé d'Affaires, a.i. Keith Gilges went on a tour of those Rio Hondo hotspots. An embassy posting says he met with senior customs personnel, quote "to learn more about the Customs Department, Belize Defence Force, and Belize Police Department mechanisms for securing the Rio Hondo River that runs between Mexico and Belize." End quote.

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