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Border Busters Going To Jail
posted (April 30, 2020)

So, the biggest lesson to students is to stay home - and if you live on the north along the Rio Hondo it’s not a suggestion, it’s the law. Those who choose to skip across to Mexico for some cheap groceries or beer - will got to jail.  Yup, that’s what’s contained in the new State of Emergency regulations.  The Prime Minister outlined it:

Rt. Hon. Dean Barrow - Prime Minister
"Those caught using the illegal crossings those caught using the illegal crossings to go especially into Mexico and Quintana Roo, where the proliferation of coronavirus cases has skyrocketed, will, upon conviction, go straight to jail for three months."

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