Shots fired as la Cabana owner’s home raided by police
A team from the Gang Suppression Unit carried out a surprise raid at the house of Mike Menjivar, the well known owner of La Cabana Bar in Belmopan looking for illegal items. It started before dawn and continued all day. A shoot-out ensued, Menjivar and his wife were held inside their house, but their three children were removed from the premises. Menjivar returned to Belize from Guatemala on Thursday following a round of surgery; he is said to have been seriously injured in the raid. At about six this evening he was taken to the police station and we’ll have more on that, but When News Five’s Andrea Polanco arrived at the scene, a G.S.U. team was guarding the main entrance to the community of Las Flores, while the others surrounded Menjivar’s home as well as La Cabana.
Andrea Polanco, Reporting
Residents of Las Flores say they heard a wild spray of bullets in the area sometime around four thirty this morning, a little over two hours after La Cabana closed off for business. Commander of the G.S.U., Marco Vidal, told us that they were acting upon a tip to search Menjivar’s residence but they were greeted with bullets:
Marco Vidal
ASP Marco Vidal, Commander G.S.U.
“Immediately thereafter, shots were fired from inside the house towards the officers. Immediately our Officers took cover and the shots despite repeatedly after and even after the shots were fired the police continue to say that it is the police and the shots continue to come into their direction and they didn’t responded. I must say that the unit exercised a lot of restraint most of the gunfire was suppression because we were aware that a lot of other occupants that included minors were inside the house so for that reason there was a lot of suppression fire, this was not the case eventually the house was breached umm the person were barricaded inside the house and this was when I arrive and I spoke to the occupant to surrender himself umm he was inside one of the rooms I suppose it was the Master Bedroom, and eventually he was subdued and umm he had a firearm at the time in his hand when he was apprehended and we immediately called the ‘scenes of crime’ although umm right next to where he was there appears to be another firearm in a bag that wasn’t tampered.”
Mike Menjivar
Is it possible that Mike Menjivar suspected that robbers were entering his home? Not so, says Vidal, because the G.S.U. had to get over the gate to gain access to the property:
ASP Marco Vidal
“Breaching the fence would not have alerted anyone inside the house. Our officers are trained to operate in stealth mode, breaching that fence would not have given, and they don’t have cameras to say they saw us and therefore they reacted to that. Once they were at the door they informed the occupants there was a warrant and they were about to execute the warrant. There was no need for the persons inside to respond with gunfire.”
But a security guard at the night club says he witnessed it all:
Miguel Angel: Security Guard, La Cabana
“All the vehicles and motorcycles were coming that way, they surround the whole house, they were jumping the fence and when they couldn’t go up they started shooting. They killed all the dogs they were about fifteen dogs in the yard. The opened the burglars door on the fence with gun shots. They started shooting around the house they broke up the glasses. The broke down the door, they shot the door until they broke it down. Some of the bullets came and they caught the trucks, they caught the wall and the glass in the business and even the neighbors’ vehicle door over there has bullet holes on the side and the house next door.”
While some Las Flores residents claim that bullets were flying carelessly, Vidal says they weren’t from the G.S.U.’s guns:
ASP Marco Vidal
“The shots that were fired to the officers are from the inside of the building. There are actually impacts on the establishment which is a clear indication that it came from inside the house. The holes from inside the house will certainly point to that direction so the indiscriminate firing was from inside the house. The Gang Suppression is trained in operating these firearms and they will not randomly shoot if they cannot see their target so it’s not like the police officers were in anyway indiscriminately firing gunshots.”
Menjivar’s relative says that he doesn’t believe the G.S.U. should’ve carried out the search in that manner:
Jose Chacon
Jose Chacon: Menjivar’s brother-in-law
“I’ve heard they had a tip, acting upon information supposedly about drugs or firearm I know the law makes provision for this kind of thing to happen but there is a legal process for doing stuff. I know if they have a search warrant it’s a legal process and they should do it but I really have a problem with the way they supposedly carried out their job today. When the shooting started the guard called Mike’s brother and one our cousins and they came to inquire, and upon coming to inquire they were captured also and they were thrown to guns and gun put on them and stuff, they’re still out there.”
Andrea Polanco
“Would you happen to know if Mike or somebody close to him open fire on the G.S.U. this morning?”
Jose Chacon
“I am not certain as I told you I haven’t heard official information but umm I put myself in his shoes if I am asleep and people start firing in my house and I have a gun maybe I’ll respond back as a reflex.”
The G.S.U. says that charges are expected to be brought against Miguel Menjivar:
ASP Marco Vidal
“Our officers’ lives were threatened because there was gunfire close to their face and also the Gang Suppression Unit vehicle received impacts from gun shots. The tire has exploded the rear of the pickup truck received impacts as well. He will be facing charges for aggravated assault upon the officers; he will also be charged for attempt murder and damage to property upon the vehicle.”
Reporting for News Five, I’m Andrea Polanco.
What is our country coming to now? The GSU have no respect for human life and I have no doubt that they indeed went there with unnecessary force shooting those dogs to enter the property, anybody would do the same if they are in bed and some ANIMALS violated their home, murdering their dogs. What the hell is wrong with these people? That house today, maybe our house tomorrow, seems that anybody can call in “tipping” off the police, even if out of hatred and jealously and they will come and do this to them….INSANITY
The Belize police are full of $#!%!!
So all this gunfire and violence.
Did they find the weapons of mass destruction or anything else illegal?
Or was the Cabana guy set up by a business competitor?
Ok so what was the raid about, what were they looking for
Pretty sure they did, but I would have liked to hear ASP Vidal say that the Police used a megaphone, and did so for a good 20 miniutes before taking aggressive action. Without the official alert using the megaphone, a savvy businessman like Mr. Menjivar would likely think it is a concerted attempt by some very bad people to do him and his family harm. A naked shouting voice is merely 88 decibels, and that doesn’t take into account crosswind. Mr. Vidal, say that you used a megaphone. After that I’m good with the rest.
Fifteen dogs killed? come on. Lying like that won’t help your case.
the aggrieved’s attorney says it’s two dogs killed.
wow
Belizean Police are so smart
if some one come to my house 4am and kill my dog’s
i will kill them to right away
the police get so disrespect…….
The News said that it was a surprise raid.Then how else would we expect the owner of the house to react with the current crime situation?Honestly i really don’t know of any raid that wouldn’t be a surprise.The cops wouldn’t normaly inform anyone that a raid was imminent unless it was a case where the cops had been bribed .
Well all this talk about nothing let’s hear about what the GSU searched the house for, did they find any illegal firearms or drugs was that not what they went to search for, and also if about 15 dogs were killed in the yard I would think that this is before they even reached the door that surely would have alarmed the occupants of the home, let’s hope that this raid was not all about nothing, this could have been my home that some devious neighbor reported on for no valid reason. Remember, My Legacy B 4 My People.
GSU u have hit the bottom of the food chain , when u have to go raid hard working peoples home to try to make a li money out a people pocket DAMNNNNN you cant get any lower than that!!!!!!!
NO BEAT UP MIKE WE DE WITH U , AND WE AN GET TRU DIS
morans…
DID GSU FIND WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR??
people are still wondering if anything illegal was really found – did or is the raid and force worth it….
Supressive fire is a very useful tactic in WAR situations. It certainly does not belong in our neighborhoods because supressive fire is exactly that, shooting without actually shooting the threat or target from which the shots are coming therefore HAVING WILD SHOTS GOING ALL OVER THE PLACE.
The GSU has a job to do BUT THEY MESSED UP THIS ONE BIG TIME. They certainly appear to me as cowards hiding behind their masks playing tough but the second shots starting flying in their direction they did not know what to do and hence why they started fireing wildly.
SUPRESSIVE FIRE does not belong in our neighborhoods PERIOD.
If the GSU officers are so well trained then why didnt they put down the gunman with a couple of bursts? DID THEY HAVE TO SHOOT UP THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD? That is not restraint that is your cowardice coming out when the bullets start flying in your bully’s directions.
JUST ANOTHER CASE OF POLICE ABUSE…………hope there was a SEARCH WARRANT!!!
THIS WAS NOT AND INTELLIGENT WAY TO USE ……intelligence.
Surveillance would be a good start, instead of jumping to/with THE GUN.
If those Police Officer did that here in the U.S.A They would go straight to Jail. No questions asked. That is not the way to do things. Belize Law is thumbs down. Need to civilize. Sorry Family to hear what happened. Don’t stay with your hands crossed. Mike can sue them for doing that. Luv you guys.
If I am asleep and I hear somebody storming through my door, my reaction would be the same as this guy did; knowing the increase in robbery and crime.
Yeah, the police may have stated that they have a warrant to search the building, but did they ensure that the occupants were fully aware of their intentions. I say this because most of the police here in Belize abuse their power 90% of the time, and I strongly believe that is what happened here. They rushed into the raid with out conducting preliminary measures and since they are the law this poor guy would most likely be blamed for their incompetence. I mean why would I as a father and a successful business man, or any innocent person for that matter greet the law with a hail of bullets? The answer is, its because they pose a treat to you and your family so you have to protect that. The reason why they posed that treat is because they failed to carry out their duties properly!!!!!!! And did they find anything illegal?? Most probably NOTHING!!!!
The belize police department is a disgrace to our nation. their were three children inside that home and they just show up shooting like crazies all over the neighborbood. mr. menjivar was in all rights protecting his family. regardless of how a raid operation should be run their are rules and ways to deal with these things and unfortunately the so called GSU has no clue on how to do this. doug sign is an @#$%^&* believing that he could just step in and change the crimes of this country with some many corrupt police officers how is he to do that. and honestly watever GSU stands for ito me is a whole bunch of S@#$. and since they did not find what supposedly they were tipped off about they are gonna make up all kinds of things to put on him. i would sue every single one of them
It wouldn’t be surprising to me that the raid on this man’s house is politically motivated.It is also possible that he is not the type of business man that would entertain these cops with bribes or royalties when they go to his establishment as a result he is on their hit list.
Without any of you being there you all need to be quiet you complain about crime rates drug trafficing and when the police go after the bad guys and the new paper start to report then the yer re so, everybody start talk. my taking you do bad thing you get weh comming to yuh . if lawless justice is the way the police have to go am down with it. no more sympathy people round belize the dead simply over drugs and gun and young idot with no sense committing random shooting. so oh well . if he is innocent then it will be proven and he could file wah law suit again the police you have enough lawyer like dickie and thompson weh like go after the goverment and defen criminals,
Adrian Chacon:What you’re saying is not true.An unarmed African guy was shot fifty times by cops in Bronx,NY and all of those cops were exonerated.
Every week people criticize the police for wrong doing instead of applauding us for the things we do right. What would everyone do without the police. Personally i think you who criticize us are full of $#!$. I would like for you to be in our shoes for one day then talk! we have limited training and limited resources but at least we keep most of u safe everyday. just remember when u di baba up and fart up youself ina u bed i deh out ya di watch mek a !@$$hole no go ina u house go !@#$% u up!!!!!
BELMOPAN POLICE AND THE WHOLE COUNTRY FOR THAT MATTER!!!!! GET A CLUE !!!!!! try that in another country you would be dismissed instantly and face criminal charges ……..
MIKE WHEN U GET TRU WITH THE MESS THEY MADE SUE THEM!!!!
Thank you all for the comments.
My family has been through a lot and is still going. There was nothing to be found, therefore, the end result of this operation was NADA!!!
The family house has been completely destroyed and I know God took care of the kids since after seeing the amount of bullet holes all over the house, I still can’t comprehend how anyone could have survived.
The kids are traumatized as they lived/saw the terror that happened. Mike’s 11 year old son was shot at as he ran out of the room and by the grace of God was not hit. And they witnessed the abuse their dad received for protecting them.
here is a link to some pictures of the house…http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10150182833451699&id=546291698&ref=notif¬if_t=wall#!/photo.php?fbid=10150605727470357&set=a.10150605727390357.678325.506160356&type=1&theater
They GSU unit were all in civilian looking vehicles with no police tags nor sirens. How can someone who has just gone to bed know if they are being robbed? Iliana is said to have even called 911 to report that they were being robbed and pleaded for police to assist.
Mike, Iliana and the maid are spending the weekend at the police station and we have received word that they will be charged.
We have took a full video of the house as the GSU left and will be posting it on youtube on Monday as I get it from source and post a link here.
Lastly, we wish the public to know that while insided the house, GSU helped themselves with softdrinks, bisquits and even the kids cereal….this really hurts….and on top they used of the phone credit of my family members and laughed while on their calls.
Awaiting justice.
Vidal just contradicts himself throughout the whole story.. If the police are operating in “Stealth mode” how the hell is someone going to know its the police if you are in “stealth mode”… dumb$$He had no cameras to see outside and yelling “this is the police”: is the oldest criminal trick in the book… dumb@$$!!! GSU dressed all in black coming in at 4 am jumping over fences and shooting dogs what else is the guy going to think?? Dumb@$$!!! You knew he had kids in there of course he is going to try and protect them.. Dumb@$$!! Do you think he is going to shoot it out with the cops if he knew it was you and he had nothing in the house…because you obviously found nothing…dumb@$$!!!
Be afraid Belize…be very afraid.
I would of reacted the same was as this man, and, to kill all the dogs and then they say they fired only surrpression bulletts!!! how do these kill dogs, i hope some one took a video of this event and then lets hope Mike sues their @$$’s off.
this has gone far over the line of law enforement.
Vidal did u Shoot ups house umm ,did u find any drugs umm, case close this a$$ lie ……
maybe he managed to flush everything down the toilet…ever think about that fellow commentors? Thats why the GSU had to get in the house as quickly as possible. Some times we are so naive and think the police just wake up in the morning and think about who to haraas for the day.
Belize’s GESTAPO is here guys….they are doing it like GERMANY
FIRST THEY RESTRICT GUN OWNERSHIP TO THE POINT WHERE ALMOST NO ONE OWNS GUNS LEGALLY..
THEN THEY WANT TO INTRODUCE PREVENTATIVE DETENTION WHICH IS WHAT THE NAZI’S DID TO THE JEWS IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS…
GESTAPO is what they are nothing less.
congrats to the special police, you did a great job, long over due.
I have been waiting so long for the police to catch this guy, and i have been so tired of the business he running, i mean a blind person could see that these guys will get caught someday, he never expected to get caught because he had the bmp police bought, he never thought that belize has more then just bmp branch. Jose Chacon you should better stop lying and be very quiet, because you know you are as guilty as mike and your sister. Oh and where is your buddy? My question to Mr Vidal, Why is only mike and iliana in custody when there is a lot more people involved. Thank You Very Much Mr Vidal, you did a good JOB.
You did BMP a favor, everyone knew where to go for drugs, guess drug addicts will have to find new dealer.
Mr Vidal, don’t let mike buy you like he has been doing with so many police
i saw everything from outside the house!from the start to finish! we thought kids,babysitter and the couple were dead because we asked for information all morning and the G S U would only laugh in our faces as we asked to know at least nif anybody survived! it was a friday of horror for all the community here,seeing from the distance that dogs were dead and listening to all that crazy shooting all over the place.only GOD with his power saved the family,the house has at least three hundred shots!!!!!!!!!!mike had only his licenced firearm,which with no doubt i believe he tried to save his three kids!nothing else was found in the house,!!!that had the g s u mad all day,as we overheard almost everything they were saying,its so sad to see the way they acted at these situation,taking advantage of their authority treating us worst than thrash.
I know that GSU have a tough job to do. We have been crying murder for so long and GSU is feeling the pressure to deliver. There are some criminal tugs that need not be I.D.. They are notorious and operate in cahoot with family members. In order to be respected and feared by these gangs, GSU has to use a certain amount of power to get the job done. Therefore, let us not throw this unit under the bus so fast. Having said all these, I recommend to Mr. Vidal to look before leaping when dealing with individuals who have no criminal records. For example, is the informant trust worthy?. The informant may be trust worthy but is the information correct?. Sometimes a little more intelligence gathering is necessary. When is the best time to act?. Night-time, pre-dawn or broad daylight?. The timming depends on the circumstance. How much force is enough?. I surely do not want the police come firing their weapons in my vicinity. What is the risk of collateral damage? . We want to get rid of the criminals not of innocent civilians. All I am trying to say is that each operation is unique and it demands good strategy and tactics on a one to one basis. I do not know Mike and have no idea if he is indeed a criminal. All the information provided up to now, suggest he is not, therefore, he has my sympathy and to Mr. Vidal, keep the good work but please be more careful and in the name of justice, if the allegations that led to the raid were misleading, them drop all charges against Mike because he has the CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT to defend himself, his property and his loved ones.
First of all, because you are a business man does not make you an Angel. The average street criminals are broke and cannot afford the guns they slay others with, the business men supply the money to buy big guns. Cops will not give you time to get rid of evidence during a raid. Might as well announce it on channel 5 news a day before they start the raid. Justifying people shooting at cops will not bring peace in the country, every resident will think they can shoot at the cops from inside their Homes.
You see the result of people shooting at cops every so often in the USA on TV. He is lucky to be alive.
I would first of all call on the authorities (courts / judges / others) who irresponsibly sign the search warrant.. I would suggest, before they sign any search warrant for those inconvenient or risky early hours or late night hours, they must verify, if the person have any prior conviction / police record of fire arm or drug related crime. Otherwise the search must be conducted between 08:00 to 17:00 hrs time frame to avoid confusion.
Over all the incident was very disappointing for any law abiding citizen…
We are calling on business owners to partake in a complete business shutdown on Tuesday in solidarity with what happened to Miguel Mejivar, Iliana and their maid. Furthermore, asking that people show support on court date on Tuesday as such modus operandi from law enforcement agencies should not be tolerated!
So they were acting on information that this person was involve in illegal activities. Did they think about setting up a sting to prove that he was indeed invole in such illegal activities? If he was involve in the sale of drugs, or any other illegal activities he must engage with others, so the policeshould do proper under operation to make sure that this person is indeed carrying illegal activities. but to be acting only on a tip without proof and get search warrant to invade someone primises, is stupid and reckless. If this is how easy its is to get search warrant to invade people’s property, then for sure this will get worst, and somebody is going to get kill in the process.
What we see here is a society that is stressed out, with high flash point. Limited oppertunities, and people are doing things to survive that they may not do under better situation. The citizens are looking to the political leadership to fix the problems, but the politicians are impotent; so they make laws, and they hire hit men who want a job to meet their econoimic demands, and they swore to carry out thier boss’s command. They think that they are making their boss look good, because its obvious that the citizens are ready to explode as a result of the high crime rate, and are demanding that the government do something to get it under control, but it will only get worst if the government does not create more oconomic oppertunities.
Let me address Adrian Chocon, who said that if cops did that in the USA they would go straight to proson, I wonder if he really live in the United States? So many of this kind of behavour has taken place in the USA it become common opperation. The man was shot in his bed due to the fact that he wore a silver bracelett, and when he raise his hands from been out of sleep, the excuse from the cop, was that they mist took it for a gun and shot him. So shut up Chocon. Tell that foolishness to someone who does not pay attention to what is going on in society.
From a distance I see the same kind of RAMBO attitude in the nature of Belize’s law enforcement. Seem to be getting to be the Police state to rule by instilling fear in the citizens, just because of incompetent politicians who causes hopelesness and dispear. These police officers should be a shame of themselves to like this in a little country like Belize where everybody know each other, if not directly, but indirectly through relatives and associates. Now you Belizeans know who you are dealing with, what are you going to use this experience to do for you in chosing your next political leaders?
All of you are fools, wouldnt doubt if you all know that guy personally…..We need this type of aggressiveness. This country is out of hands, and honestly you all know these people are kno good, dont let there highly greed for fame in ktv fool you. And this stuff does happen in the US. A warrant allows them to take necessary measures. Ok lets knock on there door and ask them to come out gently while they flush down the drugs and get rid of the evidence…fools!!!!!!! When the police are untrained and weak you cry now that they finally are behaving like what they are suposed to behave you still cry…….Go !**% yourselves, I SUPPORT this bust…..Its these kind of people that push drugs in the black market, causing society to be riddled with useless thugs.
I thought GSU were well trained, but this just unveils their lack of professionalism in conducting raids. I wonder who organized this clumsy raid, but whoever maybe, let this be a lesson since the aggravated is in full rights to bring his home invaders to justice.
These police man are coward just sitting there,doing useless things but the criminal they cannot handle that they got their tails between their @$$.
The poor man got his own business and why do they need so many dumb baster to raid the home.
The man is not a leader of mafia or cartel.
come on we need justice.
city resident you mike and all those who participate in the drug trade are thrash. you sell drugs to minors. you break up homes when you sell drugs to addicts. Everyone in belmopan knows how la cabana was built. we are not fools. no sympathy no solidarity. and belmopan resident you are perfectly correct when you say we had to bring gsu all the way from belize city because the belmopan police department is compromised. those looking on from outside dont know the hell mike and hjis family have put us through here in belmopan with his drugs
1 Time They Came My House Want To Search 1million of USD!!! And They Can;t Find $#!%!!!!! Mike is My Friend….I Know He didn’t Fire At GSU!!!! Cause Mike Original From Salvador!!! So People Hate To SEE UNO LIVE GOOD AND GET RICH!!!!! HATERSSSSSS
To Heny, common sense, belizean, bmpresident and just saying:
This man is a businessman and owns a bar so his movements are not hard to figure out. The “professionals” knew there were CHILDREN in there, so they should have waited for him to come home after work, stopped him quickly and quietly just outside his house and walked him in the front door and executed thier search…then they wouldn’d have to jump fences, kill dogs bust down doors or worry about him flushing stuff down toilets..and all of this gunplay could have been avoided.
And yes I do know what I am talking about because thats the way a professional, well trained Police department would have done it after conducting a proper investigation, backed up with surveillance and /or undercover ops and evidence and getting a proper search warrant.
Instead it was conducted by a lazy, trigger happy unit who’s media attention has gone to thier heads. No more short cuts guys, Do your job properly.
An innocent child’s life is not worth it, no matter how many drugs they “may” have found.
There is always tomorrow.
Thank you.
Well done GSU! Its about time something was done about this man. The nerves of asking Businesses to shut down to support Mike. WTF! Are you crazy, young man? When has Mike cared about the people of Belmopan? WHEN? Mike is all for Mike and for Mike. Don’t expect much support.
In response to bmpresident. I think I know exactly who you are and I wonder if you hane any proof of the acccusation you are making. Because people like you are the one’s that give the rest of belizeans a very bad name. Nothing justifies this kins of Hollywood action. What does Vidal have in his so called head, if anything? It hurts me to see what this people are doing to my Country. this has the disturbing hallmarks of the beginings of a police state. This should be a wake-up call for every Belizean who cherishes their rights and freedoms under a democracy.
Thank you Common Sense & Belizean. I have read several versions of this story & I believe the GSU did it’s job the way they were trained to do it. They are not there to escort nice little old ladies down the church steps.
@Adrian Chacon, I have spent most of my life in the US & I am a News junkie; years ago, police officers in Stanton, California shot a 5 year old who was trying to hide from them after they kicked the door in, they were never prosecuted, Eula Love was shot to death after an Officer said she held up a knife, it is still unclear whether or not she actually charged at him, no one went to jail, recently, a 26 tear old was killed when a Tucson Arizona SWAT team entered home, he too had recently come home from work & was sound asleep. I don’t expect anything to come from that one either. Years ago when the police blinked & did not want to use Gestapo tactics to harass a neighbor who clearly needed it, he had his toilets & every faucet on full blast as the Officers pounded on his door, they did not get him but fate did, his toddler OD’d on cocaine,
We can sit here & scream bloody murder but understand that many criminals wear a facade of normalcy. All of us imagine how we would feel if those were our children whose lives are in jeopardy, what we also must remember is that most of us live our entire lives never knowing what Piss house smells like, without run ins with the police & never knowing what handcuffs feel like. If Menjivar was involved in criminal activity, he is responsible for placing his children at risk. How dare he fire at the Police & complain when they fired back because the poor babies were in jeopardy. I ran a business for years & often came home at night with cash. I had two great watch dogs, their bark was my alarm & sometimes an annoyance to my neighbors. Most residential communities in developed countries place restrictions on the amount of pets & what kinds we can keep in our homes based on location & the size of the property & perceived threats & health risks. If there are 15 dogs on the property & he is not running a kennel, that is a red flag & an annoyance to his neighbors. 15 dogs are there to slow the police or any potential raider long enough to flush the drugs. Even if most of us were financially able we do not want 15 children & they can be potty trained & grow up, imagine picking up waste from all those animals & the smell & ask yourselves if you really believed those were pets.
My final point, for the people old enough to remember the L.A. riot in 1992 right after the Rodney King verdict. The Police Chief who was accurately described as a donkey & often worse, chose to pull back his force rather than be accused of being heavy handed. Actually, it was a pissing contest, he was simply showing the rest of the country what a world without those awful Policemen would be & it was not pretty. Before we stand behind these people, shut down stores & stand around with pickets, look at your own lives & ask yourself if the Police showed up banging on your door in the middle of the night or before dawn what you would do? If you have nothing to hide, open the GD door.
I would like to second Mr. Lucas view.
For all you haters saying you support this raid or this bust,,,, what bust there was no bust they found zero , zippo, nada…… you are so green with envy and jealousy that some one who is not you is making progress…. $#@& YOU
mien its absolutely heart aching to hear all these chacons talkin like they dont kno wat mike is into. his crooked @$$ probably thought that the zetas were coming after him since he is a drug dealer. the gang suppression unit has done much more raids than these and this is the first of such incidents. large scale dealers like gilbert franklin, james swan and andrew papa brown all of whom had license firearms i mite add and this wasnt the case. the police officers were already over the fence and at the front door when they made it known in a very audible voice that its the police and they were in possession of a firearm. this paranoid @$$ drug dealer started to fire and that was when the police officers took cover and continued notifying him that it was the police. at that point in time no police responded. it was when an attempt was made by the other officers who were out on the perimeter to climb the fence that was when this drug pusher began firing at the police who were siiting ducks perched on top of the fence. that was when the fire ensued. thankfully no one was injured and trust me Menijars maid had sufficient time to flush down the cocaine as she did. belmopan is being taken over my el salvadorian immigrants who have no loyalty to belize. but if it is that u guys want to support a drug dealer then go ahead. its up to us belize to save our country!!!!!!!
blaming the police wont help
thank god there wasnt any fatility!!!
and for the record dude was taken to the hospital before he was takn to the police station n was veiwed by the doctor n released thereafter.
im a police officer and if this dude succeeds in court by saying that he didnt know it was the police despite being notified trust me i will take off this uniform and so will many others because most definately this will set precedence.
the job is already a hard one that gives u perks such as enemies for doing ur job and if an enemy with a legal firearm shoots me out of “ignorance” trust me this crappy training i was afforded will be utilized to eliminate his @$$.