Diplomat on sex-related charges
Published:Saturday | April 23, 2022 | 12:06 AM
BELMOPAN, Belize (CMC):
The Belize government has confirmed that Ambassador Alexis Rosado has “relinquished” his diplomatic posting overseas after he appeared in a court on sexually related charges.
A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration, said that Rosado “was charged with serious offences of a sexual nature in the Belmopan Magistrates Court”, and that the case involving the diplomat “is expected to proceed according to law”.
Rosado, who is also the co-agent for Belize when the country presented its memorial to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in response to its territorial dispute with Guatemala, appeared before Belmopan Magistrate Janeli Villanueva-Pennil on several charges, including seven counts of aggravated assault and two counts of rape.
The complaint has been filed by a woman in her 20s who alleges that the incidents date back several years when she was a minor.
The diplomat was given bail of BDZ$5,000 (one Belize dollar = US$0.49 cents) and will return to court on July 6.