Chester Williams on Alex Underwood’s So-called Reform, “I don’t buy that.”

Alexander Underwood

Thirty-one-year-old Alexander Underwood was remanded to the Belize Central Prison on Tuesday after being arraigned for the offence of being a member of a gang.  It is the second time he has been brought up on that charge before the lower courts.  In Underwood’s defense, his loved ones argue that he has reformed and is a productive member of society who presently works as a contractor, as well as the owner of a local football club.  But police say that he is still the head of the South Side Gang, a criminal outfit operating chiefly in the Port Loyola neighborhood.

Chester Williams

Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police

“If I were to go and question every gang member on the streets of Belize City, and ask them what their current gang affiliation is, you know what the answer is going to be?  ‘I have changed.”  And you wonder how they have changed but they still continue to commit crime.  So I don’t buy that, as much as yes, I would like to believe what Mr. Underwood is saying, his behavior has proven contrary.  Yes, there are some people who are out there and they give a front, and behind that front they’re committing crime and we cannot allow that to happen.”