Not dead, but Lionel Ramos badly beaten

Earlier today, there was information circulating of a murder on the streets of the Old Capital. And while we can say that there was no life lost to the street violence, a man was severely beaten and left for dead on the street. Lionel Ramos was found lying on a boardwalk behind a house on Tibruce Street in the Lake Independence Area of Belize City. He was discovered after eight this morning by residents in the immediate area and authorities were called in. Ramos according to one resident was visibly badly beaten and he ended up with injuries to his face and hands. Ramos was transported to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital where he has since been receiving treatment in the Emergency Ward. News Five spoke to a resident who assisted Ramos.

Voice of: Concerned Resident

“Around eight-thirty, my friend hail me and tell me wah guy deh dah back there buss up. So when I gone there and the man can’t help ihself. I noh know who called the police but the man just bruise up bad and can’t get up.”

Duane Moody

“I understand he was bleeding bad…”

Voice of: Concerned Resident

“Yeah he was bleeding really bad. I noh really know weh gone on. I just meet ahn there on the ground bleeding. Ih mi deh ina wah bad state; can’t walk or nothing. I noh know how ih stand right about now.”

Duane Moody

“Were you shocked to find something like that there?”

Voice of: Concerned Resident

“That shocked me because I noh hear no noise or nothing, but to just find somebody on the ground like that; that’s strange.  Like Spanish; a Spanish looking man. I noh know who dah ih friend around here, but ih mi deh ina the bush dah back deh, back of the fence there.”

Duane Moody

“You thought he was dead?”

Voice of: Concerned Resident

“When we gone deh ih noh really dead because ih mi di talk to we lee bit.”

Duane Moody

“Did you guys contact police when you saw this?”

Voice of: Concerned Resident

“Some one of my neighbors contact police cause I mi gone out; I had to reach to work.”

Reporter

“You coulda tell if this man mi cut up or chop up?”

Voice of: Concerned Resident

“Ih buss up, but ih not really chop up. But ih face buss up like hand/fist.”

Duane Moody

“So injuries to the head and hands?”

Voice of: Concerned Resident

“Yes and ih body and thing.”

Ramos is currently in a stable condition at the K.H.M.H.