Judge Orders British Virgin Islands Premier Andrew Fahie Be Released On $500,000 Bond In Cocaine Smu

[Eugene]

Source: CBS Miami/AP

Judge Orders British Virgin Islands Premier Andrew Fahie Be Released On $500,000 Bond In Cocaine Smuggling Case

By CBSMiami.com TeamMay 4, 2022 at 1:55 pm

MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — On Wednesday, a federal judge in Miami ordered that British Virgin Islands Premier Andrew Fahie be released on $500,000 corporate surety bond.

Fahie was taken into custody last week in South Florida on cocaine smuggling charges.

Fahie has since requested his release, claiming he is immune from prosecution because he is the elected, constitutional head of government of the British overseas territory.

An attorney for Fahie made the request in a filing with Miami federal court.

Fahie was arrested during a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration sting as he was preparing to board a private jet in Miami.

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Read more: https://miami.cbslocal.com/2022/05/04/judge-orders-british-virgin-islands-premier-andrew-fahie-be-released-on-500000-bond-in-cocaine-smuggling-case/

[Martin68]

1. I don't think the "British" Virgins Islands can be considered part of Latin America.

They are an English-speaking nation in the Caribbean

[Eugene]

2. The Caribbean is part of that geopolitical and economic region with a basket of languages spoken.

BVI is also adjacent to Puerto Rico.

EDIT: Caribbean Islands are also important transshipment points for South American drugs. That's how Premier Fahie allegedly got into this mess.

[Martin68]

3. Latin America is generally understood to consist of the entire continent of South America,

in addition to Mexico, Central America, and the islands of the Caribbean whose inhabitants speak a Romance language. Islands in the Caribbean that were never colonized by Spain or Portugal are not considered part of Latin America.