Police have still not been able to crack the murder of Denroy Nicolas in Punta Gorda. Nicholas was shot and killed as he exited his mother’s house to go into his room. His life was cut short the night before he was to appear in court. As his family grieves, they are preparing to lay […]
It’s a big night of news from murders in the city and the south to a courtroom in Utah, U.S.A. for a high profile case of fraud which extends to Belize. We begin with the bloodiest weekend since the start of the year. A total of four persons were murdered in the past seventy-two hours, […]
The second murder victim in the city is well-known businessman, Ernesto Williams. Williams was executed early on Friday night as he headed to his vehicle which was parked on Orange Street. But was the owner of Sky Deck a marked man? He had been advised to take security measures because of a double murder that […]
There is another shooting under investigation by the police. The victim of that incident was Brian Harris who was shot multiple times in mid-December in the Farmers Site area of Hattieville. He was found haemorrhaging by a resident in the village and taken to the hospital. For weeks, he was in and out of the […]
The airspaces above parts of southern Belize, Guatemala and Mexico were busy with illegal flight activity over the weekend where suspected drug planes are said to have landed. In the area of Payne’s Creek, a remote location in the Toledo District, the burnt vestiges of a twin-engine aircraft were discovered near a crude runway that […]
There are other reports of drug plane landings close to the northern and western borders. A soldier was killed and three persons injured in a shoot-out involving Mexican law enforcement and the drug traffickers when a suspected drug landed on the stretch of highway on Los Divorciados Chunhubub near Bacalar early this morning. After the […]
There were two murders in southern Belize. A Punta Gorda resident was to appear in court in Dangriga today, but his life was cut short on Sunday night. Twenty-three year old Denroy Nicholas exited his mother’s house to go to his room in the same yard, when he was shot to the chest and died […]
The usually popular Hide & Seek in the Bushes Bar and Chill Spot is a recreational establishment but three nights ago it became the scene of a murder. Businessman, father of two, and well-known Dangriga resident Darrel Bermudez Laurie was gunned down inside his business on Friday evening. Bermudez-Laurie once lived in the U.S.A., but […]
There was another incident of gun violence in the city on Friday night and fortunately the victim survived the attempt made on his life. Shaquille Perrera, a resident of Ramsey Street, was targeted in a drive-by shooting. As the twenty-four-year-old was walking home, he was shot at by a person from inside a vehicle that […]
Twenty-five-year-old Omar Ibanez was busted on Saturday night with a cache of weapons and ammunition. San Ignacio police at a checkpoint near Red Creek they stopped Ibanez who was driving n a green Toyota Corolla car. The Cotton Tree Village resident was told to exit the vehicle as investigators began searching every inch of it. […]
Located on mile two and a half on the Philip Goldson Highway, E.R. Construction was targeted by a pair of armed thieves on Friday morning. Investigators are reviewing surveillance which reportedly shows the culprits escaping with an undisclosed amount of money. Senior Superintendent Hilberto Romero says the culprits, who escaped in a vehicle, are also […]
Investigators believe that Shane Bennett is the man who attempted to murder thirty-seven-year-old Anthony Parks on the morning of January twenty-second. Parks, who remains in a critical but stable condition, was shot multiple times while in Independence, Stann Creek. He was with his common-law wife, sitting on his verandah when he heard someone call out […]
There is breaking news tonight. News Five has confirmed that a murder occurred a short while ago in Dangriga. We are told that the victim was shot in the head while inside a store. More details on this latest murder in Monday’s newscast.
Another person named in the Auditor General Report is Ivan Ayuso from the National Sports Council. Commissioner of Police Chester Williams says a senior investigator has been assigned to delve into the findings of the report and bring those who committed crimes to justice. According to the Auditor General, senior accounts clerk Ivan Ayuso had […]
Turning to other crimes…a shootout between Belizean law enforcement officers and four Guatemalan bandits occurred this morning in the border village of Arenal. The men targeted a Belizean residence, holding up a family of four at gunpoint. They stole a vehicle and an assortment of items. Heavily armed police officers and B.D.F. soldiers responded quickly, […]
Police say they don’t know how two persons were murdered inside a Belize City delivery truck found off the Farm Four Road in San Juan, Stann Creek District. The post-mortem was not able to determine the cause of death. At this time, police say that while they have the identity of the person who drives […]
A drug plane landed in an area in Crooked Tree Village, Belize District, earlier in the week. When law enforcement officers arrived at the scene, the HS 125 Hawker jet had been emptied and the plane was intact. According to Commissioner Williams, the drug plane was originally to land in Mexico, but was diverted to […]
Commissioner Williams has given the directive for the illegal airstrip to be destroyed by bombing. He says that all efforts are being made by the department to intercept these drug planes and prevent future occurrences. According to Williams, while strategies are being rolled out, the department will never be able to stop the landing of […]
Shots were fired on Thursday morning in Punta Gorda Cell phone footage shows police arresting a man on Far West Street. According to Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams, a suspect was being pursued and to capture him, officers fired warning shots. Commissioner Williams explains what transpired. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “Basically the shooting […]
Police in Dangriga are investigating a fatal shooting that claimed the life of Darrel Bermudez this evening. Bermudez was inside a store on Melinda Road when he was targeted by a lone gunman who shot Bermudez in the head. This is the latest murder that the police are investigating. This afternoon, prior to the murder, […]
Charred remains were found this morning inside a delivery truck belonging to the Salvador W. Habet hardware store. The vehicle was set on fire in a remote area in the village of San Juan, Stann Creek District. A News Five crew was down south where police have been processing the scene. At news time, the […]
Police are looking for the suspect in a string of robberies in the south. He is Luis Marin, who is being linked to robberies on the Coastal Road. Marin is also known to visit Vernon Street in Belize City and rural communities such as Lucky Strike, Manatee, and Bermudian Landing. Anyone with information on Marin’s […]
Around eleven o’clock this morning, a shooting occurred in Punta Gorda Town. Information to News Five is that police fired shots as they pursued a man wanted for questioning into a recent murder investigation. Luckily, nobody was injured in the incident and police were quick to apprehend the person.
Around midnight, villagers in the area of Crooked Tree Village, Belize District, say they heard a plane circling above. Hours later at around six o’clock this morning, police and B.D.F. descended in the village. A suspected drug plane, an HS 125 Hawker jet, was found intact close to the nearby village of Lemonal in rural […]
Opposition Leader John Briceño spoke to News Five today about the drug plane. He says he is not surprised that yet another drug plane landed in Belize. Briceño says that the circumstances of the landings are yet again suspicious and as such, maintains his position that government officials are allegedly involved. John Briceño, Leader […]
