Honduran man here illegally attempts to escape police custody to avoid deportation but is caught and sent to prison to await imminent deportation home

Honduran man here illegally attempts to escape police custody to avoid deportation but is caught and sent to prison to await imminent deportation home

By Breaking Belize News Staff: A 22-year-old immigration detainee’s brief attempt to flee custody ended abruptly on Monday evening after a court security guard intercepted him at the courthouse entrance, stopping what officials described as a short dash for freedom. Jeyson Isaias Matute Mejia, a Honduran national, had earlier pleaded guilty to failing to comply with the conditions of a visitor’s permit. He was fined $1,005, in default of six mon…