Attorney for Jamaican Says He Will Sue Immigration Department

As we mentioned earlier, McIntyre is from Jamaica. Many Jamaicans use the freedom granted to CARICOM travelers to move between member countries and eventually make their way to the US. However, McIntyre insists this wasn’t his intention. He’s now lawyered up, and his attorney, Norman Rodriguez, is ready to fight the case. Rodriguez pointed out that this isn’t the first time he’s had to step in for tourists mistreated upon arrival at the P.G.I.A. He believes his client was assaulted to silence him.

 

Norman Rodriguez, Attorney for Christopher McIntyre

“This was something that was done to shut him up because he was shouting, I want to go home, I want to go home. He did nothing wrong and I advised him, comply with them, don’t do anything so that they can bring any other charge or any charge on you. Okay.  All right. Um, and so he has left now? No, he’s still detained. He’s still here. He’s still here. But he was supposed to be returned to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital today for him to make an, for him to make an application for the records. of his visit from the alleged beating that he received, the hitting in his ribs.  And now he’s supposed to be taken to make a report. He had been calling out for that. And like I said, I’m hoping that they do not try to spirit him away, allow him to make his report, and let the Belize Police Department do what it should, investigate, and charge him there to charge. That is what he wants, right? But if he’s not the one to stay and he, he has already voiced he wants to leave, but he has retained you to represent him. Then where would he be staying? They usually keep them at the global village hotel until their departure. My understanding is that Copa airlines would normally cover the expenses for hotel and food up to a certain point. And then My statement to the Belize Immigration Department because they’ve tried to get me to cover the expenses after a certain time and I’ve said to them, You’re the one who have this person detained. Have they done so in this case? Well, today would be the day that test will come, but in the last, the last three people that I represented, I totally did not pay any attention to them.”