Cabana owner phones from prison walls
It is five days since the property of La Cabana owner, Mike Menjivar, in Las Flores, Belmopan was raided by the Gang Suppression Unit. Menjivar, his pregnant wife, their children and maid were all in the house when the G.S.U. carried out the pre-dawn attack. The G.S.U. head, Marco Vidal, gave his account of the operation, which was based on a tip. Since then images have surfaced of how the raid was conducted and the damage cause by the shootout that ensued. Over a hundred bullets were reportedly fired throughout the building, including the children’s room and Menjivar was badly beaten. On Tuesday, he, his wife and maid were charged with a slew of offences and put behind bars. Today, News Five’s Isani Cayetano spoke one on one with the couple who shared a gripping and emotional account of the raid.
Isani Cayetano, Reporting
Popular nightclub owner Miguel Menjivar, also known as Mike, as well as his pregnant common-law wife Iliana Chacon and their babysitter Rumilda Perez remain in lockdown at the Central Prison tonight where they are on remand following a slew of charges stemming from an early morning raid on his premises near the outskirts of Belmopan last Friday. At dawn a team of G.S.U. officers led by Assistant Superintendent Marco Vidal descended upon Menjivar’s home in search of drugs and ammunition. The unit’s cloak-and-dagger approach however, ultimately led to an exchange of heavy gunfire damaging the property extensively.
News Five spoke by phone with Menjivar and Chacon this afternoon and they recounted the harrowing experience from behind prison walls.
Mike Menjivar
Via Phone: Mike Menjivar, On Remand at Belize Central Prison
“When I woke up, we closed the club like two o’clock that Saturday night. When the situation, when we get to know what was happening in the house, actually it wasn’t the noise that they were doing, it was a phone call that we get from the watchmen of La Cabana—he told us that something was happening in our house—that we have to see what’s happening. When I wake up, my wife wake me up because she took the call then all I hear was that the main door of my house was getting knocked down—was getting kicked and knocked down. So I run and went to see what was happening. Then I went to shoot through the door. When I heard that the door was almost dropping, I shoot like three shots through the door, then I run back to my room and try to see who or what was happening outside. I opened a window and I watch outside and all I see was a truck with no police letter—no kinda letters—it was a grey or a metallic color looking truck. Then we call to the station that please send help to our house cause we’re getting assaulted, or killers—we didn’t have an idea of what was happening. I have never heard that in my life yet, I wasn’t expecting this experience. And then the lady said that the police is on the way.”
Despite having called Belmopan police for help, unbeknownst to Menjivar his home was being assaulted by another branch of the police department.
Via Phone: Mike Menjivar
“After this, I get shots all over my house, all around my house. I heard my kids crying in the room and I get desperate. I run back to my room to protect my wife and my other daughter. And they shoot all over my house—I don’t know how many shots; maybe over a hundred—through all my doors. So then we called to the station again to please hurry up cause these guys are already almost inside. The lady said that the police is almost there, to please hold on. I was trying to hold on until the help get from the police station. Now the third or fourth time that we called to the station was for the reason that these guys were already inside my house and I cannot see them because I don’t have a window like from my room to the walkway—to the area inside my house. And they were now knocking off the door of my room. When they were knocking off the door of my room, we moved to the restroom and we called to the lady because when they were knocking off the door to my room all of them were shouting police, police, police. We get desperate. We called back to the station and we tell he lady Miss, they’re saying they are police. The lady say no, no, no, no, all the police I know where all my police are and most fo the police are here only the patrol unit that went to help your house. Please noh open, wait for the police to reach to your house and help you.”
The G.S.U. officers eventually entered Menjivar’s home and proceeded to breach his bathroom door where he and his family had taken refuge.
Via Phone: Mike Menjivar
“They were shooting all over and if I don’t open, they would knock off the door of my restroom too and they were going to kill me, my daughter and my wife. So when they were saying they were police, I couldn’t identify it, but I give up—first I give them my gun. I opened the door to the restroom and I give my gun, then I give myself to get arrested without resisting arrest. They handcuffed me the hardest that they can. Then they start to kick my face until they break my jaw and broke my nose too and a pool of blood was created on the floor. I don’t know if you guys get any image like this. And they kicked me there in that pool of blood for four hours. I wasn’t even able to breathe in that pool of blood.”
His wife Iliana, who recently completed her first trimester of pregnancy, is also on remand on nine counts as a result of the confrontation.
Iliana Chacon
Via Phone: Iliana Chacon, On Remand at Belize Central Prison
“My biggest concern is my kids. You know, we are locked inside and my kids are traumatized and we can’t even take care of them because I’m being charged as Mike said with the same charges which is very ridiculous. So to you and everybody, my babysitter is being charged with the same charges. He was the only one with a gun. I have my gun, we have gun licenses, I didn’t use my gun. So my biggest concern right now is my kids and I am thankful that they are alive because seriously with all the gunshots that I heard, I seriously thought they were dead because I was handling my little girl. She is ten years old, she has brain problems and she has to sleep with us. So I had to protect her. I put her in one of the only rooms that do not have low windows. If they had low windows, we would be dead by now.”
The obvious question since the incident last Friday has been whether the Gang Suppression Unit used excessive force in storming Menjivar’s property. It is yet to be established however, which of the two parties opened fire first. Freelance Journalist Rhenae Nunez, who also works with Menjivar’s attorney, Arthur Saldivar, has weighed in her opinion.
Rhenae Nunez
Rhenae Nunez, Freelance Journalist
“The account that Mr. Vidal gave for his actions along with the Gang Suppression Unit, I’m sorry but I don’t buy it. The evidence does not support his account of what happened. It begs the question now: Since Mister Menjivar has been charged with attempted murder and damage to property and all of that, what are the charges being levied for the attempted on his life, that of his children and his wife? It begs that question of the state.”
Reporting for News Five, I am Isani Cayetano.
The couple’s lawyer, Arthur Saldivar, has applied for an early bail hearing. The Menjivars and Rumilda Perez face nine counts each of attempt murder and aggravated assault while Mike faces an additional count for damage to property.
Access to phone from prison? WTF?
what a bunch of BS! The man was acting out on self defense, the GSU should be charged instead!
The Gang Support Unit they are.
If a person attacks you and you feel that your life is in danger, you have the right to use the necessary force to neutralize said danger. The amount of force is in relation to the percieved threat. However, keep in mind that you will have to explain the amount of force used and why you felt your life was in danger but, once said danger has been neutralized anymore use of force is considered by law, excessive. Let us for a moment forget Mike version and let use GSU version as an example. Mike was firing upon GSU. Clearly the lives of GSU members were in danger and they were in their right to use the necessary force ( return fire) to neutralize said danger. GSU manages to get access into the house and Mike hands over his weapon, surrenders and is handcuffed. At this point, said danger has been neutralized and the lives of GSU members are no more in danger. The punishment to which he was subjected after was uncalled for and unnecessary and is clearly an example of unwarranted use of EXCESSIVE force. The use of the family house phone by members of GSU without permission is also a clear abuse. The use of someone else’s property without permission is STEALING. The innappropiate comments made by GSU members in the presence of the children can be considered as CHILD ABUSE. All these abuses are condemned by the UN, OAS and all civilized society. These actions on the part of GSU clearly shows lack of leadership. A commander should be of such character that is able to control, inspire respect, loyalty and obedience from his troops. Apparently GSU lacks such a commander. It shows that GSU is more of a gang than a professional law-enforcer unit. It also shows that the rules of engagement are not clear or perhaps ignored.
At some point someone will tell the truth, every story to date has been self serving & conflicting even by the people who are supposed to be on the same side. No matter how much stealth these officers used, I find it hard to believe that they could keep 15 dogs quiet but I do believe the watch man called as soon as the truck pulled up & I will take a second look at his comments which I believe were in Spanish(on another source) because what he said could answer some of our questions. If the Police were fired on after announcing themselves, then the attempted murder charges are justified. Demanding that the Government or Officers be charged is a smoke screen.
Iliana, you’re in a tough spot but you appear to have family support, your children have people to care for them in your absence. Just keep in mind that most women who end up in jail or prison end up there because of their association with men of unsavory character, I wish you well.
To quote Earl “WHERE ARE THE PICTURES?”
It sounds like this man and his family are going to do some time.From reading this story it seems to me that someone in the Higher echelon of the Police Dept has something personal against this man.He’s probably not the type that entertain the cops with drinks when they go to his establishment.
This gov. Is so incompetent it is unbelievable the amount of corruption and incompetence of this gov.worse in belizean history I hope they are sued for every one cent in the country worthless useless gov. And pm resign barrow just resign for the sake of the people of Belize and another murder yesterday at this rate everyone in the city of Belize will be dead in the next three years isay out with this gov. Out with this useless pm enough is enough.
that’s what the force is good fah??…ambush pregnant woman and helpless children and a man trying to protect his family…lol..go ambush the killers and the badman weh run the poor neighborhoods..if the man is involved with gang activities then go after him smart..thank God no innocent life was taken..
LET THIS be a LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR THE POLICE. Seems like they have been watching too many movies.
POLICE NEEDS TO OPERATE FROM THE POINT OF (CPR)– COURTESY– PROFESSIONALISM AND –RESPECT–………….ALL SEEM TO BE LACKING HERE.
This out rightly wrong, the so called ASP Marco Vidal needs to be removed immediately. That is brutallity. The head of the Police department needs to pay all the damages caused to this family. This type of assault by Police needs to be done on all gang leaders of Belize City that are killing innocent people. The Police Department knows exactly who all these crimminals are but they just dont do anything, why? Maybe because they are being paid off not do arrest them. I am disappointment they way this operation was carried out. Operations are not carried this way……………………………………………………………………..
This sounds so horrible…The police involved really needs to be reprimanded and punished….sounds like they went to this house with the intention of killing any or all the people in the house….They should all be behind bars with the same people they put in jail…My support is with Mr. Menjivar and his family…Just supposed they had killed the children, and the other adults, would they have called this justifiable actions????
Why aren’t these Gang Units do the same re-enforcements in Belize City?
Well, I guess there is always another side to the story.
look like what was previously said is correct….BMP police are all on payroll from cabana and so GSU acted without their knowledge. if i was attacked in my house like that, i would probably “try” to respond in that manner….but..alas, I have NO GUN to respond in that manner. Baan and grow belizean and i cannot get a gun license, but foreigners can cum her, and get betta documents than us and even get to carry guns….legally….WTF. Look like lots of greasing of palms di happen da BMP.
Sounds like torture in Iraq or the like? If a man is appropriately subdued or whatever, why should he be beaten while handcuffed? Law enforcement officers’ job are not to inflict punishment on one suspected of a crime, supposedly alleged criminals are not guilty until proven so? Why a beaten? When raindrops was arrested he was not subjected to a beaten? furthermore certain evidence was found in his home but still no punishment inflicted, on the contrary he was rewarded with bail and special appearance of the dpp. Clearly, this appears to be gestapo tactics? suspension/suppression of one’s constitutional rights? justice udp style? Wake up Belizeans! Imagine the possibilities? What else is new Belize?
THE RISK OF LIFE THE CHILDREN AND THE MAID WHO HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH REALLY BUGGS ME TO SAY EXCESSIVE FORCE WAS USE AND THEY RISK THE LIFE OF INNOCENT PEOPLE HERE. I THINK THEIR IDEA WAS TO FINISH THE FAMILY INSTEAD OF A RAID REALLY CONCERNS THE WAY THE GSU CARRIED OUT THE RAID.
This is nothing short of State sanctioned home invasion! I am appalled at the audacity of Mr. Vidal to come before the nation on national television and lie to us. He and his goons assaulted the Menjivars and caused a lot of destruction both on their home and on the psychological wellbeing of the children —my God!!! What kind of Country am I living in.
When do the people of Belize SHOW that we have had enough and take to the streets and MARCH and let the message go out that we will no longer tolerate the abuses that are being perpetrated upon us!!! I don’t wish for a repeat of August of 2005 – I hope that we can do this as the mature and descent citizens that we are. I know we are!!!
Barrow and his crowd need to know that we are “sophisticated enough to conceptualize certain things”.
Attorney Arthur Saldivar allowed the couple to use his personal cell phone to conduct the interview while he visited “his clients” at prison. Shame on these attorneys who facilitate criminals in their pursuits!
a house was raided similarly in Belize City, weed and firearms and cash was found, only one person was charged for the firearm and all were given bail within 48 hours. the magistrate claimed that prison was too harsh for a diabetic. these people should not be in jail. I think international human rights organizations should be alerted of this serious travesty. I supported the idea of a GSU but wrong is wrong
The entire Police department is currupted. So we can say, “stop the crime” but it will not stop.
GSU people, u have a MDM. (mad dog mind). Do the things the proper way. Did u all found any drugs in the man’s house. Your uniform that u wear may make you all feel above the law, but you have forgotten that you are suppose to be protectors of the law. Who has trained you to act like dogs with rabies?
Ever since I saw this news being aired I have read a lot of comments defending Menjivar and condemning the Belize Police Department. Let me say now that he who defends Menjivar is because they don’t know his true character or they are associates with him. I personally know Menjivar and am not asking you, am telling you, that he is a person who has no respect for the Police or any other lawful authority. I stand along side with Mr. Vidal and like how he certainly said, no apologies to Menjivar. It was about time that a real Police Officer put you on check and not protect you like those at the Belmopan Police Headquarters do, a high ranking officer whom you Menjivar, have at you disposal to do all what you say; you just tell him to jump and he asks how high.
In respect to the GSU, a job well done and keep having those gangs tamed. I wonder when will you be a nation wide unit. Despite the people condemning you for what happened at Menjivar’s property, I bet you that if they were the ones in those uniforms, they would have done the same thing, maybe worse. They want a crime free Belize but still yet condemn the actions of the Belize Police Department when they are trying to suppress those who are involved in criminal activities. Menjivar is no one new to the Police system, he is not knew here in Las Flores Belmopan either.
Point to note also, how comes Menjivar was allowed to have an interview from inside the jail? Where are the directors of that institution? You see what I mean? ask those prison wardens on duty how much they collected so that they can allow Menjivar to give an interview via cell phone. Still yet you keep biting at the Police.
It is time that the Police Department stop being a civil police department and transform into a military type police, change all those high ranking officers who kiss the @$$#$ of those persons of questionable character, those who are well known for their illicit activities.
I don’t think that we should come down hard on the GSU because of an invasion gone bad. Even if they are partially at fault, don’t be distracted by the fact that this well known drug dealer from el salvador is running drugs thru and thru this country and has the potential to smear the whole reputation of our beautiful Garden City. Don’t be distracted by technicality. GSU probably was excessive. Ok good. Let them re-train and improve their operations. But they got a damn job to do and they are fighting nothing short of terrorists who have our country hostage because of guns and drugs. Don’t ruin the whole operations because of one mistake, rhenae nunez!!!
What they are doing to Mr. mENJIVAR IS SO UNFAIR. WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE JUSTICE IN THIS COUNTRY? They believe that they can just go shooting at businessmen houses and killing their dogs. I believe that any belizean businessman that experiences this at midst of the morning would also fir e back. This government under the leadership of PRIME MINISTER DEAN GADHAFI BARROW IS so filthy. Because apart from what they are charging him for defending himself.Why did they start shooting at his home in the first place? and WHERE IS THE EVIDENCE ?to charge this businessman???
iT LOOKS LIKE ONCE YOU DONT SIGN THE TITLE BARROW OR ARE IN THE ROYAL FAMILY.YOU ARE NOT RESPECTED BECAUSE PM DEAN GADHAFI ONLY WATCHES WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. HE WANTS TO BE A COMMUNIST.!!!!! BECAUSE THIS IS THE SAME SITUATION THAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE BUSES!
smart let me tell you that these persons has rights that are to be respected and remember they are innocent until prove otherwise, and when you talk about shame , am of the view that you should be a shame of making such commemt , on those people ok ,that is why the kolbe foundation are getting away with alot of hiden corruption taking place behind the prison, because as someone try to tell it like it is people like you hurry to talk out of turn
Why don’t Rhenae Nunez shot up her big mouth….
The police are all corrupt..i lived in Belize for fifteen years and there was not a cop i could not buy off.. they will steal, kill, falsify information, bully and abuse all freedoms in Belize..
they are the most arrogant group of cops i ever had to deal with..from the chiefs to the little guy at the bottom.. i was picked up and dragged like a criminal into racoon street station because their cashier took my money for my gun permit and did not put it in the receipt book.. i got threatened and treated like $#!% by the corporal or whatever the hell he is and after two hours i showed them i had a receipt …
violence and crime is the offspring of the people running the country and i walked away from hundred of thousands of dollars of realestate because i could not stand the corruption … the poor hard working people of Belize do not stand a chance… the greed from the power is insane.. a beautiful country with many nice people but, it will never end for generations to come.. get your kids out of the country anyway you can.. Mike suit the crap out those cops.!!!
Iran hangs 12 people, five of them in public
TEHRAN (AFP) – Iran has hanged 12 men for offences including murder, rape, armed robbery and drug trafficking, including five who were executed in public, news agency reports and a legal source said on Thursday.
The official IRNA news agency said “serial killer” Mehdi Faraji, convicted of murdering five middle-aged women who boarded his minibus, was hanged in public in the city of Qazvin, northwest of the capital Tehran, on Thursday.
Two more men, Hamid Ranjbar and Hamid Reza Baqeri, were also hanged in public after being convicted of armed robbery and abduction. They were executed in the southern city of Shiraz.
Another two, Masoud Dehqan and Mehdi Alipour, were hanged in public in the same city after being found guilty of rape, the IRNA report added.
In addition, two men convicted of drug trafficking were hanged on Thursday in a prison in the northern city of Sari, IRNA reported, quoting the city’s prosecutor Asadollah Jafari. The report did not name the convicts.
Also, four men convicted of drug smuggling were sent to the gallows in a prison in the central city of Yasouj, IRNA cited a local prosecution official as saying, but did not name the men.
Another man, meanwhile, was hanged on Monday for drug smuggling in the city prison of Behbahan in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, the provincial justice department said on its website. It gave no other details.
You folks should be really concerned. Not only with the rampant crime but with those in authority making a mockery of due process.
You think it’s justified, for whatever reason, to go shoot up a child’s bedroom? That’s questionable material even for a D-Grade (disgusting) Hollywood gore fest. There are lines that should never be crossed and and there are some that have obviously been crossed here!
Now your Government wants to ram through some “tough on crime” bill that will further erode the liberties and freedoms of both criminals and citizens alike. It’s only going to get worse unless you stand up and do something about it and you better start thinking about that real soon even though it’s probably too late!
Mr. Vidal, there is no way on this earth that you can claim your goons are professionally trained. Just looking at photos of where the bullet holes are in the house and you have to wonder if your goons were shooting at their own shadows.
Shame on you! Your raid stinks of reckless and dangerous rank amateurism compounded with live ammunition! Talk about a recipe for certain disaster. What could possibly go wrong with a hastily planned (and I use that term loosely) invasion (and I use that term in a succinct manner) based on questionable intelligence (now I’m really getting loose with the terms)? Mr. Vidal, you most certainly have horseshoes where they’re not normally found after you pull that fiasco out of the sump without tragic consequences.
It’s a bloody miracle no one was killed and absolutely remarkable your goon squad didn’t end up filling each other with lead! Where is your head at man? I’ll bet where its at is dark and it don’t smell so good!
I know there are opposing views here about whether or not Mike was a good guy or a bad guy or maybe even someone in between. So what! When you run a bar you’re for sure going to run into that! The first guy you have to eject out of your establishment cause he’s overly stimulated on Cane Juice and annoying the patrons is the guy you’re going to have to worry about taking revenge on you or your family for his perceived injustice. Now all the basturd has to do is to ring up the Goon Squad Unit with a “tip” and they gleefully rush in and do his bidding. How bloody convenient is that?
When your law enforcement people start believing they have a “right” to “dish out justice” you have a serious problem on your hands. Lines have been crossed and it ain’t looking pretty for democracy as it was intended!
Las Flores, Belmopan
you are a !@#$ing @$$hole!!!! I want to see you end up like that one day. We are humans not animals. no1 as bad shud b treated with such actions. Thats why Humans RIGHT exsist!! You should learn that you should never judge a person b4 you take a walk on their shoes. wat the !@#$ is your problem if he is rude to the police? are police nice with you not really i may say??!!! i am from las flores my house was raided once by this stupid people looking for my brother and yes it was his fault but not mines nor my family and we were disrespected by them. police are not to brutalize people but to help you and enforce the law in a good manner. bare in mind that 3 innocents kids were involved and by no means they had rights to shoot at this kids. if they have money? what can we do? nobody is born in the life style we want. I dont have what they have but i would do the same $#!$ he did shoot those guys. why couldnt they knock on the doors like proper police GSU not get into a house like they are freaking criminals. in belize no !@#$%^ spanish people can have a business beacuase they are crimiminals?? have you thought for a moment that maybe they spend their @$$ working for 18 hours every day to get what they have?? i pray for him and his family and i wish they will be out soon. GSU needs to learn how to enforce the law but not brutalizing human beings. if they acted like animals they more than deserve the treatment they goT
WHY IS THE MEDIA GIVING SO MUCH PUBLICITY TO THIS MAN, HE IS A ZETA SOONER AR LATER IT WILL COME FULLY IN THE LIGHT, ORRRRRRRRR
ITS A PUP PROPAGANDA FOR POLITICAL MILEAGE, MAYBE THEY WERE THE ONCE WHO TIP OFF THE POLICE AND THE STUPID POLICE FOR FOR THE ANANCY THEM,
LOOK WHO ARE THE LAWYERS, LOOK AT THE LOW SCUM RHENAE NUNEZ, REALLY DON’T KNOW WHY THIS PEOPLE ARE SO TAKEN UP, WHEN EVER YOU HEAR A CHILD WAS RAPED A WOMAN KILLED THESE PEOPLE LIKE SALDIVAR AND NUNEZ KEEP SHUT, WHY ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY ARE BARKING LIKE RABID DOGS. IT’S TIME BELIZE GET A GOOD CLEANING FROM ALL THESE DRUGS DEALERS.
SMOKEY JOE WAS RIGHT MONEY SPEAKS BS WALKS” HE MUST BE TURING IN HIS GRAVE RIGHT NOW.
these people are not even Belizeans, i am sure mike in involve in illegal activities.
To Saldiver and Nunez i am in total disagreement with you guys jumping to defend this man, what about our black brothers and sister being KILLED everyday and nobody jump to defend them, what about our children being raped, kidnapped and I don’t hear you guys defending them.
This is what I have against you, it clearly show you guys are going for political mileage, but let me get get this straight to you guys, especially Saldiver this does not make you a hero OK, when ever you jump to defend criminals the more I get turn from voting for you OK.
SALDIVER NA D RHENAE WHEN I SEE YOU JUMP FOR OUR BALCK BROTHERS THEN AND ONLY THEN I WILL CONSIDER YOU GUYS HEROES OK.
The GSU knows the background here. Hence why the house was targeted.
But let me ask. If they had decided to burn the house down with its occupants inside, would we still support their actions? If they do their job professionally, there will not be any public backlash like in this case. Do it. But do it right.
I know Mike he’s not of good character ,he thinks he’s on top of things just because he owns that place. but, on my opinion that is not the way to carry an operation ,mennnn GSU sucks . obviously the man has the right to defend himself .he had a 45 caliber pistol? it was not necessary for the GSU to fire all those shots. now imagine if the GSU has to confront a gang having the same type of weapon as the GSU they would all die. one man made them take cover ,one man with a 45 caliber pistol on his hand.
i definately don’t like police worst this so called “GSU” they think they are above the law they feel they can just do just anything . if the GSU feels they are above the law why the heck don’t they go and do the same $#!% to the real criminals. all the police dept. are racists ,they can see a blackman doing $#!% they think twice to act but, don’t it be a spanish dude cause he’s gonna take lick.
i think the dogs they use are more smarter than the GSU. ,i think the dogs should train you guys.
Doing the job properly is good for me but the GSU are operating like every other criminal gang in the world. They are using dark uniform and mask at night so anybody can mistake them for another criminal gang, bearing in mind that the Zetas and others from Guatemala are not far away. How can the members of the GSU convince me from behind a fence in total darkness that they are policemen without somebody in the regular police uniform and a clearly marked police vehicle. The Menjivar family had all the reasons to suspect that the invaders were not policemen and therefore the right to defend their home by all means necessary. Fortunately for the GSU, Mr. Mejivar missed them. I do not miss.
Marco Vidal made me understand that they are wearing mask because they are cowards. If you are a coward, you do not belong in the police department. There is supposed to be a disciplinary charge for cowardice on the job.
what does GSU stands for again???? ” Grand Stupid Unit “, i’m very shocked at the way this unit acted on this situation, i’m not against the stupid policemen or unit doing thier job is just the senseless manner they carried it out , I have known the Menjivar’s Mike & Ileana for good years and i have never being offered drugs besides drinks and cigarretes they sell at their bar sometimes we fail to realize that we leave half of our paychecks when we leave their establishment after having a nite or 2 of fun they don’t force to spend our money is like when we buy lotto, boledo or lottery they don’t put a gun on our head to spend or money i recall when la cabana was a small little round palapa but count fingers how many of us have helped him bill his new place? this is not to justify that he might not be involved in ilicit activites, to make this story or comment short i’m not defending the Menjivar’s on this ferrocious RAID but yes i’m condeming the way the Grand Stupid Unit attacks has his KIDS and i’m talking about his KIDS traumatized at this point in time they must still be having trouble to sleep wondering if the terror squad will come shoot at them agian what if it had been ur KIDS what would you have done? well i would have turned RAMBO and kill all of those mother!*****rs one by one especially the stupid as vidal that if consider his name he is also a latino Marcos Vidal get the sense a !****ing corn wanting to look good amongst the black eyed peas and i’m not being racist but its the reality.. CUIDADO MARCOS TE VAN A MATAR TUS PROPIOS FRIJOLITOS EN UNA DE ESTAS MISMAS OPERACIONES Y LUEGO VAN A DECIR QUE FUERON LOS DELINCUENTES DESPIERTA A LA VIDA NO SEAS INSENSATO DIGO ESTUPIDO… anyways have to go pero estoy 100% against the GSU and was thinking of giving or lending BARROW a vote but i’ve changed my mind , IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITES VOTE FOR THE “PNP” or any other P’S out with the UDP & PUP it’s time to give another party a chance.. we’ve enough of the same two Clowns and the same CIRCUS we need REAL CHANGE!!!!!
Ignorance is man’s worst enemy, this is evidently demonstrated based on how some individuals think, by reading some of their comments. Ms. Nunez & Mr. Saldivar or both brilliant intellectuals who happens to be Attorneys. It is totally disrespectful & uncalled for, for anyone attack or make derogatory statements about them. They are only doing their jobs, which they were trained & educated for by the legal justice system to do. My friends if any of you were in collusion with the legal system they would certainly be there for you. Wake up Belizeans.
Saldivar is just doing his job.That is what lawyers do.They defend defendants, and if black brothers have the money to pay for legal defence he would defend them too.What is wrong with that.
if this same this was done to a black family in south side belize city, Belize city would be burning like south central LA after the Rodney King Beating. Belize is racist against hispanics!!!!
My thing is So many men out there arrested for rape murders for abusing there wife’s at home y di !%$#% don’t they beat the lights out of them.
This wasn’t the way the GSU should have operated and VIDAL owes an apology infact that still would make a difference wonder wat he would do if a group of men show up at his residence and start shooting at his property and injure his family members how would he feel???? wat wud he do???
It’s true mike has a character and he doesn’t tolerate any one doing nonsense at his business place i have seen with my own eyes how disrespectful some people of the police department behave just because they have a uniform they think they rule and people have to bow down to them and kiss there toes! Mike doesn’t tolerate no one!! no one cud have ever gone to dat place and because they have money or power they cud do wat dey wanted there! COME ON WE KNOW DATS WAT HURTED A CERTAIN PERSON AND DATS Y THEY ATTACHED AND RAIDED HIM THEY WAY DEY DID!! IT’S OBVIOUS DAT THE MAIN MISSION OF THE GSU WAS TO FINISH WITH HIM AND HIS FAMILY!!
and to finish it off y do people thing dat to prosper in life u need to be doing a dirty business!!
@SUGAR u know y foreigners can come here and own gun licenses because her in BELIZE SOME Belizeans can’t si dem neighbors di sell lime juice fi dalla because dem gwen go sell lime juice fi fifty cents just fi mek dem loose costumers Belize people stand like crab inna bucket if one di try come out a d bucket the other pull a down!!!!!!! If there is a job at a store and dey paing u $20 dallaz a day no belizean man wah go do it cuz d pay too lee bit in comes a salvadorean or a guatemalan he need to survive so he is going to take di job!!
While we were in our beds sleeping MIKE was probably out working and adding an subtracting his money and thinking about how to multiply it!! deciding wat he needed to do in order for his business place to prosper and function!! People like talk and nuh put them self inna other people shoes! MIKE has never tolerated no kissed no ones @55 and that is wat is hurt some people!!!
What is our Prime Minister waiting on y doesn’t he call for outside help bring in professionals and train these freaking aggressive dog behaviors GSU!! send to prison all those corrupted policemen! i bet the BIG BOSS MR> WADE he weh get cetch with evidence in hands they nuh do he nothing all they did to him was charge him and send him home???????????????????
@REHNEA our government wah wait till we gat a wah next one a den deh fi call in fi help not to straighten out the police department but to attack the people dat are trying to be heard and fighting for justice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Dvirgin@ hotmail.com
So only black are Belizeans!! look ya . so if my skin is brown i am not a belizean then? u talking fool just shut ur !###%2 mouth. we are not being racist but u coming about just defending the black here!!! but come on we human got rights, and we should not make no one walk over us. if someone is treated wrongfully thats just the point. i understand about the raping and the real criminals out there but everybody is equal ok not only because we have different color skin that we are not Belizens and i hope u get that in your thick skull. And if the lawyers out there not defending your pple like u say it is because they deserve wat they get caz they are the criminals destroying our country!!
@Jah like to correct you my friend,Rhenae Nunez does not have a big mouth actually she has a stinking and dirty mouth ! but never-d-less the police GSU did a real bad approach on the search of guy palace.Let’s be real also his bar is used to wash money for drug dealers,I KNOW this because I have many times who he associate with and these guys are real high rollers, ck it !
Geek: Your argument don’t make any sense whatsoever.Reason is that this raid was mastermind by Mr Vidal who is hispanic like Mike and his family.So how is that racist?
“A government afraid of its citizens is a Democracy. Citizens afraid of government is tyranny!”
— Thomas Jefferson
Has any one of our past or present governments of this country ever shown the people an ounce of fear? They have always quelled uprising with brutality. We have never had a government willing to hear the pleas of its people, they DICTATE (as in a dictatorship) to us the way that they will govern us. They call this a democracy? I say it’s a tyrannical dictatorship wrapped up in a sheep’s clothing of democracy. I have no qualms what so ever about what happened to Mike but what I have an issue with is in the fashion that it happened to him and the underlying reasons for it.
We always make a political issue out of everything that happens in this country and with that said here we go… Mike was bank rolling a certain female (not the one that was in the police force) PUP political aspirant and this may have proved to be his undoing. With that said and given my disdain for the said political aspirant for her motives for wanting to seek political office and with the backing of the former prime minister and his lap dog Fundstaker; there is still the issue of right and wrong. Even with the unscrupulousness of Mikes backer (L.S) who runs around taking credit for her opponents in her own party (come on L.S don’t say no to this you know you took credit for the replacement of the front door and door frame of that poor little senior citizen knowing full well you had nothing to do with it) but what can we expect of her, remember SSB if not Google her name and SSB. But with that said this just goes to show you the Belizean people what politics does to us; it causes division (ever heard about divide and conquer?) between us and opens the door for the brutality without accountability that Mike happened to be the recipient of. When we cannot question our government for no reason at all (even though it concerns our very rights as taxpaying citizens) then we have officially turned away from a democracy and evolved into a dictatorship. You may say that this sounds like a political speech and I have taken a side. I say you are totally far from the truth and the point this is about our collective rights and has nothing to do with PUP or UDP (they are one of the same). You have been indoctrinated into a self impose ignorance and have been summarily brain washed. We have sold ourselves out so deeply in depth to the devil a$$ politicians that we have forgotten that we have constitutional rights (if you don’t know what those two words are look it up because it may sound perverse to you). My grandfather used to say that there will come a time when the government sends it’s assassins for any innocent person that stands in opposition of them and it took some time and incremental forward movement but that time is here and now, so welcome to UDPUP communism. I think I shall call the GSU on my law-abiding, eight to five working, church going and God fearing neighbor tonight just because his dog barked at me.
How is it that all of a sudden Rhenae Nunez appear n the scene?Where was Rhenae to condemn the shootings that took place in the murder Capital over the weekend?Is it because the victims were not from the affluent membersof the community why thesame attention wasn’t given to this incident.
Dvirgin@ hotmail.com, your lack of knowledge is responsible for your narrow and moreover shows how you being a “real” Belizean don’t take time out to learn the Constitution of Belize.
One can be Belizean by birth or by naturalization. The latter means, if any of ur parents are Belizeans and u are born elsewhere, you can apply for Belizean citizenship by descent or if you marry a Belizean, you can apply under those circumstances. There is no different types of Belizeans, just law abiding and criminals.
There are two types of ignorant: one that is considered and the one (like you) who opens their mouth (and type discriminating and incriminating comments) without thinking or just so their mouth no stink.
Lastly, the only people that are originally from Belize, are the MAYAS!!! Everyone else is “come-ya”.
Everyone is so appalled that the police shot at the house with kids but their father started shooting knowing they were in there with him. What is wrong with him. There is more to this story and we don’t know it all. People are in their glee to see our country in this mess! What is wrong with you people. We are all Belizeans and it disgusts me to see how we bring politics into everything. Yes the police need better training but they also need to try with the present training and resources. Instead of finding fault with everything the government does, let’s try to criticize what really needs criticizing so that we can use our energies for more positive things. All the pudp’s need to stop their noise cause we know how they both do it. Bawl when the other side is in and put their tails between their legs n get fat when it’s their side in power. Most of us are sick of all of you. We want what is best for Belize, not what’s best for PUP or UDP. Same dogs, just different colors!
To you fool that are takeing side, ever wander how this mike got rich so Quick, I remember him working on a shrimp farm he did not work for long there but with in two year he has everything sweet and dande.come on Belizean!!!! the police were doing there Job,I’am sorry for his family but once you are not living a honest life you have to pay the consequence.
Las Flores, Belmopan,
You are obviously another one of those that is just jealous of this successful business man. The day that your house gets raided like this, you will remember what you said, and you’ll be sorry, unless of course you are one of the GSU guys.
I’ve known mike for 15 years, and he is of good character, and a very successful business man. He has no need of dealing with drugs. He has a mortgage for his house, and works 18 hours a day to make an honest living.
Hope to see you 3 out soon. Good luck