And while those 16 Cubans want to continue traveling north, today a passenger on a Copa flight did not want to go back south to Panama. A passenger captured this video as Immigration authorities had to use all force to get this resistant passenger back on the plane, all the while screaming and shouting.
As we have reported before, frequently enough, passengers on this Copa flight arrive in Belize without sufficient proof that they are legitimate visitors. Immigration authorities conclude that they are using Belize as a means to get north to the United States.
In those cases, they are "refused leave to land" and put back on the flight. But this passenger gave so much trouble to get on the flight - and continued to do so once he got on board, that the pilot asked that he be taken off and left in Belize. With that he was taken to the Ladyville police station and reports tell us that the plan is to send him back again next Friday.
