Belize Arrests Miami Beach Fugitive Posing as Physician

On October 7, 2004, Belize police arrested Cuban-born fugitive Reinaldo Silvestre in Belize City, Belize after a Belizean magistrate signed an arrest warrant on U.S. extradition charges. Mr. Silvestre is wanted in the U.S. and specifically South Florida on charges of organized fraud, aggravated battery, practicing medicine without a license, and grand theft. The criminal charges arise from a series of surgeries he performed without a license that resulted in permanent disfigurement of the victims. In September 1999, he failed to appear in court. The court issued a warrant for his arrest...[more]