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Jun 7, 2000

Body found floating in Mopan River

Police in Cayo continue to investigate the possible murder of a man whose body was found floating in the Mopan River. Shortly after 12:00 on Tuesday afternoon, San Ignacio Police retrieved the body of Alfredo Leiva from the river in Santa Familia Village in the Cayo district. Details remain sketchy, but police say because the body had multiple chop wounds to the back and shoulder, they suspect that Leiva was murdered. If you have any information about the death of Alfredo Leiva, you are asked to call the San Ignacio Police Station.


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