Two Venezuelan women, who said they came on a quest for food and medication for their families, were yesterday ordered deported for illegally entering Guyana.
Johannelya Acevedo, 32, and Adriana Carolina Ruiz, 26, were read separate charges when they appeared in Georgetown before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, who eventually discharged them after they explained their circumstances.
The charge against Acevedo stated that on June 28, at Eteringbang, Cuyuni River, Essequibo, she entered Guyana by sea and disembarked without the consent of an immigration officer.