8 San Pedranos charged in beating

Eight young men from San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, spent the weekend in the island’s jail and today were transported to Magistrate’s Court in Belize City where they were charged with dangerous harm. The charges arise out of an incident that occurred on Saturday around 4:00 in the morning on the town’s main street, Barrier Reef Drive. The group, allegedly intoxicated, become involved in a fight with one Alberto Cal, in which Cal was repeatedly kicked and beaten senseless to the point where he had to be flown immediately to the K.H.M.H. in Belize City. The eight youths, members of some of the town’s most prominent families were each released on five thousand dollars bail and are to reappear in court on May thirty-first. They are fifteen year old Pedro Lara, sixteen year old Ricky Manzano, seventeen year old Manuel del Valle, Abraham Alamilla-also seventeen, eighteen year olds Jaime Manzano and Uriel Soto, twenty year old Fernando Trejo and twenty-three year old Dale Milligan. Cal remains hospitalised in Belize City.