In the crime blotter, a bitter rivalry between two groups in Punta Gorda has led to the shooting death of Silvio Flores Junior. He was in the company of a friend at a home on Pampana Street when someone reportedly called out to him by name and whistled for Flores to come out. When he […]
Last week, we told you that the Ministry of National Security had concluded the investigation into the allegations of misconduct within the Belize Defense Force. The release admitted to some wrongdoing and negligence by personnel in the units involved, but didn’t provide any details into the investigation. That report has now been shared publicly and […]
But about a month and a half after the report was concluded, a female officer reported that she was raped while inside her bedroom sleeping. This, according to Retired B.D.F. Captain Derricia Castillo is indicative that there is a problem at the B.D.F., which the report does not address when it comes to the systems […]
On Thursday last, members of the Special Operations Task Force were deployed to an area near Dolores Village in the Toledo District after receiving intelligence of a low-lying plane. The suspected narco plane was seen flying low as early as two o’clock that morning and initial reports suggested that it would be landing near Graham […]
As for the drugs in the narco plane that crash landed along the Chunox/Sarteneja road two weeks ago, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams says that the cargo may have already been transported across the border into Mexico. The plane diverted to an open farm after the pilot realized that officers were monitoring is original landing site. […]
Investigators have captured and arrested one person believed to have had a role in the double murder of fifty-five-year-old tour guide operator Quintin Espinosa and seventy-year-old U.S.A. citizen Roland Burley. Twenty-year-old Teodoro Garcia was charged with two counts of murder. Espinosa and Burley were found fatally shot on May twenty-second at a house in a farm on the Hopkins […]
While the regulations of the state of emergency have been relaxed, the curfew remains in effect. From Monday to Thursday and on Sunday, the curfew begins at eight o’clock. An additional hour is given to the public on Friday and Saturday nights with the curfew kicking in at nine o’clock. Because the number of COVID-19 […]
Police are looking for Salvadoran national, Rene Gonzalez. Gonzalez is wanted for an attack on his common-law wife Romelia Ical, who was chopped to the head during a domestic dispute between the couple around eight-thirty on Saturday night. Police responded to the incident off the George Price Highway near mile one and a half to […]
There was also a chopping incident in San Roman Village in the Corozal District. It happened on Saturday night at around eight o’clock. Two persons were taken to the Northern Regional Hospital after being injured in a machete fight. They are brothers Andison and Kevin Pech. According to ACP Joseph Myvett, the Pech brothers were involved […]
Commissioner of Police Chester Williams continues on tour in southern Belize. Today, while at Hunting Caye, he confirmed that a team of B.D.F. and police was deployed on Thursday to the deep south where a narco-plane was said to have landed. The reports suggested that the illegal landing took place near Graham Creek. The ComPol […]
An elderly man was shot to the back during a robbery at his hotel in Ladyville. Eighty-seven-year-old Dodlie Estelle was at home with his common-law when armed robbers came into his house, demanding money and the location of a safe on Wednesday evening. They did not find the safe, but shot Estelle on the back […]
A drug plane is believed to have landed in southern Belize early this morning. Reports of a low-flying airplane began circulating as early as two o’clock this morning. Soon after, it was learnt that members of the Special Operations Task Force were deployed down south as intelligence suggested that the plane landed near Graham Creek. […]
A B.D.F. soldier has been taken to court for rape. The matter reportedly happened a few days ago and the female officer made the complaint. This comes on the heels of a report of irregularities within the force. Tonight we can report that the accused soldier has been charged with rape. He is Margarito Pop, […]
Police are looking for two men who are suspects in the murders of a Belizean and a U.S. national at a farm in Hopkins, Stann Creek District, on May twenty-second. Theodore Garcia of Hopkins, who goes by the name “Chino,” is six feet two inches tall and weighs about one hundred and sixty pounds is […]
Still on the B.D.F….On Monday night, we told you about the press release sent out by the Ministry of National Security on the conclusion of the investigation of the allegations of extortion, mal treatment, sexual assaults and other misconduct at the Belize Defense Force. In that release, the ministry acknowledges that the investigation found some […]
A Maskall man, who went missing on May thirteenth, is believed to have been the victim of a heinous murder. Benjamin Reid was freed for the shooting death of Daniel Guardado in March. Two months later, he appeared in court and was last seen alive on Ross Penn Road. While his family had suspected things […]
While we were with CIB Commander Superintendent Alejandro Cowo, we asked for an update on the investigation into the murder of Chinese businessman Xinwu Zhu. Last week, Zhu was shot multiple times outside his store; he died hours later while receiving treatment at the hospital. One person, a seventeen-year-old from north side area of Belize […]
The Ministry of National Security has concluded its investigation into allegations of misconduct within the Belize Defense Force and tonight, they are admitting to some wrongdoing and negligence by personnel in the units involved. A press release, however, doesn’t offer any specifics on these findings, only to say that they are being addressed internally by […]
B.D.F. soldiers and police officers remain in the area where a narco jet landed on Thursday morning. The jet, believed to be carrying drugs, crashed landed on a farm off the Chunox/Sarteneja Road in Corozal. Authorities had received information before the plane departed from Venezuela; however, police presence at the original landing site forced the […]
Tonight, we have official information on the cold-blooded, broad daylight execution of Oscar Vasquez. On May twenty-eighth, the busito driver left the Belmopan market area en route to Cotton Tree with thirteen passengers inside the van. But between miles forty-five and forty-six on the George Price Highway, he was signalled to stop by a man […]
The question remains tonight whether a hit was carried out on Xinwu Zhu? Video footage shows the hair salon owner of Hopkins Street in the King’s Park area of Belize City outside his business after six o’clock on Wednesday evening. A fair-complexioned gunman rode up to the store – not to purchase anything, but to […]
One man has been charged for the brutal murder of Abner Novelo. He is thirty-one-year-old Nimrod Sherman Catzim of Orange Walk Town. Police levied the charges today. Novelo was the caretaker of a farm located off the San Antonio Road in Orange Walk. He was found with chop and gunshot wounds. His right armed had […]
As we reported on Thursday, police believe that they have cracked the case of the double murder of tour guide operator Quintin Espinosa and U.S. national Roland Burley, which occurred last Friday in Hopkins Village. Three men are in custody and a number of items stolen from the property have been recovered, and investigators are […]
Two minors from Punta Gorda and a nineteen-year-old have been charged for producing a video recording to promote gang activity. The nineteen-year-old is Gustavo Mendez of the Joe Taylor Creek area of Punta Gorda. The trio was heard making threats and seen in a live video on Facebook brandishing weapons, which turned out to be […]
Former Minister of Sports and Consul General in New York, Herman Longsworth was fired after it was revealed that he was responsible for questionable cash transactions. An audit into the finances of the National Sports Council by the Auditor General documented dubious cash transactions involving Longsworth and several other persons. The matter came to light […]
