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But the real emergency for the Ministry of Health last night was on the other side of the border, where Mexican authorities held three Ministry employees and their vehicle overnight.

The team lead by Dental Surgeon Dr. Raphael Samos, along with a clerk and a driver went to Chetumal to purchase three dental chairs.  But, it seems they didn’t have the full tax paper work to bring the chairs back over into Belize. So, the Mexicans took their passports, and detained them from yesterday at around midday to this morning when they were released.   

That’s 24 hours in detention and they were only released after a compromise was reached to leave the chairs behind in Chetumal. 

No words yet on how the Minister plans to get back those chairs, but the three staffers are very glad to be home tonight.