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On February twenty-sixth, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams told News Five that disgraced minister John Saldivar would naturally be brought in for questioning into the allegations of bribery against him. That is yet to occur. Saldivar first denied having received tens of thousands of dollars from fraudster Lev Dermen and Jacob Kingston. But soon after, […]
Written on May 29, 2020 | Posted in
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At the crack of dawn this morning, a narco plane was heard circling up north. Around six in the morning, the aircraft crash landed off the Chunox-Sarteneja road in the Corozal District. Police had been monitoring the movements of the narco plane which originated from Venezuela and were ready at another location. But the plane […]
Written on May 28, 2020 | Posted in
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A man was executed in Belize City before the start of the curfew hours on Wednesday night. A Chinese business man was shot and killed outside of his business in Belize City after six o’clock on Wednesday evening. And tonight police are digging into the investigation to find out why. The killing, which happened in […]
Written on May 28, 2020 | Posted in
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The murder count went up by two today. The latest victim was executed at around midday as he drove a ‘busito’ on the George Price Highway, heading to Saint Mathews Village. Oscar Vasquez, a resident from Belmopan, has been covering that run for some time, so it is believed that whoever wanted him dead, knew […]
Written on May 28, 2020 | Posted in
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There is an update to the double murder in Hopkins which occurred last Friday, May twenty-second at a house on the Hopkins Road. Police in Dangriga have made progress in the investigations. Three persons are believed to have been involved in the murders of fifty-five-year-old tour guide operator Quintin Espinosa and seventy-year-old U.S.A. citizen Roland […]
Written on May 28, 2020 | Posted in
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A group of men, including four Chinese businessmen and two Punta Gorda residents, was released from custody on Wednesday after being busted near Orange Point in the Toledo District. The men were found in possession of an icebox filled with shrimps that were purportedly purchased from Guatemalans whom they met with in the vicinity of […]
Written on May 28, 2020 | Posted in
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A horrible video surfaced on the internet on Tuesday night; its contents sent chills all around. Three men are seen brandishing a high powered firearm and a handgun and then heard making sinister threats. The live images caught the attention of the police and the trio and the firearms were traced to a house in […]
Written on May 27, 2020 | Posted in
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According to Commissioner of Police Chester Williams; while the guns turned out to be fake, the fear instilled by the men on the public is very real. He says that policymakers will need to take a closer look at retracting the importation of imitation firearms as these are also used to terrorize members of the […]
Written on May 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Six persons, including four Asian businessmen, were taken into custody on Tuesday morning after being busted by a coastguard patrol near Orange Point, in the southern waters of Toledo. Xueen Ma, Jianfu Huang, Ivan Pena, Leslie Williams and two others were spotted by B.D.F. personnel not far from the Sarstoon Forward Operating Base where they […]
Written on May 27, 2020 | Posted in
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According to Soberanis, the men were in violation of a number of laws; including the fact that boat captain Leslie Williams was driving the boat with an expired license. The substantive charges, he says, will likely fall under the state of emergency regulations. Commander Gregory Soberanis, Vice Commandant, Belize Coast Guard “They were in […]
Written on May 27, 2020 | Posted in
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The remains of a person were found on Wednesday in Gardenia Village in rural Belize. According to reports, the grim discovery was found by a mechanic who was cutting some bush sticks in the area. Police were alerted and scenes of crime personnel collected the remains which have been taken to the National Forensic Science […]
Written on May 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Around three-thirty this afternoon there was a daring attempted robbery at a paint store at the corner of Douglas Jones and Cran Streets on north side Belize City. At least two brazen armed robbers entered IMASA Paints, which is one of two businesses housed at the property. Police responded shortly after, but by then, the […]
Written on May 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Investigators have identified one suspect in connection to the brutal murder of Abner Novelo. The victim was found with chop and gunshot wounds on a farm off the San Antonio Road in Orange Walk. His knees were slashed and his right arm had been severed. He was the caretaker of the farm where he was […]
Written on May 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Commissioner of Police Chester Williams says there are challenges to policing with the state of emergency in place. And despite a national curfew in place, the murder numbers remain pretty close to the stats from last year during this same period. Since last Friday, three murders have been recorded. Commissioner Williams told the press on […]
Written on May 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Belize’s borders remain closed but on Saturday, a first group of Belizeans to be allowed to re-enter Belize due to the COVID-19 pandemic arrived on a Royal Caribbean ship. Belize remains COVID free for forty-five days, so protocols are in place to prevent any imported case by sea, air and land. The group of nationals […]
Written on May 26, 2020 | Posted in
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The lockdown across the country has minimized crime, but all that changed in the Orange Walk District on Saturday were a grisly find was made. The body of Abner Novelo was discovered on a farm in Yo Creek where he was the caretaker. All indications are that he met a horrible death; his hands were […]
Written on May 26, 2020 | Posted in
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In respect of a double murder in Hopkins, police say that they don’t have a clear motive or suspects for the homicide that happened on Friday morning. At this time, cops are following several leads which involve persons from outside of the village, but there’s no breakthrough in the case as yet. There is speculation, […]
Written on May 26, 2020 | Posted in
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As the state of emergency is relaxed, crime is rearing its ugly head. Tonight, four men are recovering at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital for varying degrees of injury following a brawl in the Old Hattieville area of Hattieville Village. On Monday night, police responded to a yard in the village where an uncle and […]
Written on May 26, 2020 | Posted in
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The Gang Suppression Unit was deployed to the area and it resulted in the detention of four persons, whose name will not be disclosed at the time since charges have not been levied. All four were escorted by the G.S.U. to Ladyville Police Station where they remain in custody. According to the Senior Superintendent Hilberto […]
Written on May 26, 2020 | Posted in
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The village of Santa Cruz up north is a haven for contrabandistas and a way of life for the villagers. Santa Cruz sits immediately in front of the Mexican community of Botes, across the Rio Hondo. For decades, contraband has flowed across the river and all sorts of goods make their way illegally into Belize. […]
Written on May 26, 2020 | Posted in
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There is a disturbing rape case coming out of the south tonight. Two children were allegedly raped by a man in Dangriga. Police say that on the twenty-third of this month, a woman visited the police station to report that two of her relatives, ages five and nine, were sexually molested. Assistant Commissioner of Police […]
Written on May 26, 2020 | Posted in
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The state of emergency has curbed the number of murders and other violence. But in the south today, two men were found murdered. The bodies of the men had gunshots to the head. The grisly discovery was made this morning behind a house on the Hopkins Road. The victims have been identified as boat captain, […]
Written on May 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Thirty-six-year-old David Galindo says he was beaten by law enforcement officers on Thursday morning. Galindo says that several G.S.U. officers arrived at his home in Santa Elena around six-thirty that day looking for drugs and ammunition. He says that when they didn’t find anything, that is when they took him away. He says that his […]
Written on May 22, 2020 | Posted in
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In another case involving the cops, P.C. Mark Rodriguez found himself on the wrong side of the law after his fellow officers arrested him on Saturday night. Rodriguez got into a physical confrontation with Superintendent of Police Aaron Gamboa and was slapped with several charges including unable to provide a reason for movement outside of curfew hours […]
Written on May 22, 2020 | Posted in
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The murder trial of Lords Bank resident, Kafele Garcia, lost steam today for the Prosecution, after trial Judge, Supreme Court Justice, Colin Williams ruled that the caution statement given by the accused will not be accepted as evidence in the case. Justice Williams gave several grounds on which he made that decision, one: that Police […]
Written on May 22, 2020 | Posted in
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