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Crime

Five Brazilians fined, ordered deported for illegal entry

By Staff Editor Tue, August 18 2026, 2:03 AM GMT-4

Five Brazilian nationals were each fined $30,000 and ordered deported after pleading guilty on Friday to entering Guyana illegally.

Fabricio Braga Tomza, 24; Daniel Dos Santos Reis, 23; Cleocione Ferreira De Souza, 44; Edimar Dos Santos Chaves, 40; and Geovanny Nogueira Ferreira, 23, all of Boa Vista, Brazil, appeared before Magistrate Nikkisha Logan at the Lethem Magistrate’s Court.

They were charged with crossing Guyana’s land frontier and failing to present themselves immediately to the nearest immigration officer.

The five men pleaded guilty and were each fined $30,000. The magistrate also ordered their deportation.

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