ROAD TOWN, Tortoa — BVI police arrested three people for their suspected roles in helping a U.S. Virgin Islands native who escaped from prison after Hurricane Irma. The two women and one man face up to 14 years in prison for hiding 33-year-old Jose Almestica following his escape from prison, according to a statement by […]
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U.S. Fisherman Languishes In ‘Medieval’ Jail Cell In The British Virgin Islands, 3 U.S. Leaders Are Monitoring
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, BVI — Two United States senators and a congressman wrote last month to a British Virgin Islands deputy governor asking him to release a New Jersey-based fisherman currently being held in Tortola’s primitive and inhumane jail. “We are aware that our constituent, Michael Foy, has been detained in Tortola and have been […]