Guatemalans found dead near Belize border

The discovery of two bodies in the Chiquibul National Park has prompted a joint Belize/Guatemala investigation into their deaths. Forensic pathologists from Belize, accompanied by Belizean and Guatemalan officials, are in the area today to conduct an on-site post-mortem of the bodies of two men found on Sunday about two kilometers inside Belize. According to a press release sent out late Monday night, three Guatemalan men from Peten, crossed into Belize on Monday, December third to reap palms, but failed to return. A subsequent search by a family member led to the discovery of two of the men on Sunday, December ninth. The whereabouts of the third man is not known.