Four persons have been hauled in by police concerning the murder investigation of Porfilio Nino. A post mortem examination revealed that the sixty-five-year-old Valley of Peace resident died as a result of blunt force trauma to the head. His body was found in a shallow grave at around midday on Tuesday at his farm behind […]
A detailed news article published by “El Pais” looks at the dark side of the Caribbean. Belize is featured in two aspects: Blue Creek, the powerful economic engine of the Mennonites and Don Luis, an immigrant who fled Belize to Mexico due to the drug trade, specifically cocaine. Belize is a transit point for international […]
An elderly man of the Valley of Peace area in Cayo was killed and his body buried in a shallow grave. Porfilio Nino had been missing since Saturday and his family had set out looking for him at his farm, where he lived on his own. But it was not until today that one of […]
While the Vasquez family is also seeking a revision of antiquated legislation dealing with the treatment of persons with mental illness, they are hoping that the Director of Public Prosecutions will decide on whether to bring charges against Collin Francis for the murder of their brother. According to Jules Vasquez, notwithstanding Francis’ mental state, a […]
A shocking new disclosure was made today during the murder trial of William ‘Danny’ Mason, who stands accused, along with four others, of beheading Pastor Llewellyn Lucas in July 2016. This morning, a forensic analyst employed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation took the stand via a Skype call from the United States and later […]
While D.N.A. evidence lifted from the clothing of three of the five accused men does not, as yet, implicate his client, attorney Norman Rodriguez is studying today’s testimony carefully since the F.B.I. witness will continue from the stand on Wednesday morning where she will be cross-examined. He began by giving his take on what unfolded […]
Police have issued a wanted poster for twenty-one-year-old Belize City resident Dante Reneau. He is wanted for the murder of fifty-two-year-old taxi-operator Emmanuel Ampomah. Investigators believe that Reneau can assist in solving Ampomah’s murder. The Ghanaian national was murdered on the night of July sixteenth. He was fatally stabbed during a robbery and was inside […]
Allyson Major Junior was shot and killed by police almost a week ago, but his friends and family were determined to use his untimely death to shine a light on the spate of violence across the city. Major’s supporters took to Battlefield Park, Belize City where they held a peaceful gathering to talk about his […]
On Monday, the N.T.U.C.B. issued a press release to condemn the wave of recent criminal activities. The organization raised concerns over the impact of crime on the workforce, highlighting that the spate of crime is a proof of (Quote) “an inequitable economy that has poor social protections in place.” (Unquote) The N.T.U.C.B. called for a […]
A week ago, Raheem Chambers was shot and injured during a shooting incident on Lacroix Boulevard in the Saint Martin’s de Pores area, Belize City. Today, a teenager was arraigned and slapped with three indictable criminal offenses of attempted murder, use of deadly means of harm and dangerous harm upon Chambers. Police say Chambers was […]
Tonight, a twenty-two-year-old youth is back on remand as he awaits trial for the 2018 murder of a man who was playing cards and was not the intended target. Anthony Lloyd Reyes, a barber of Mayflower Street, will have to stand trial for the murder of Emmerson Anderson. Reyes’ preliminary inquiry kicked off this morning […]
A Biscayne fisherman and farmer, thirty-year-old James Seguro was slapped with a two thousand-dollar fine for the offense of possession of more than three hicatees. Allegations are that on Monday, in Biscayne Village, Belize District, Seguro was found in possession of four hicatees when by law no person shall have more than three sea turtles. […]
There is some progress in the murder investigation of one of four victims of last week Tuesday’s murder spree. Police say that murdered Belize City vendor, Jose Hilario Diaz, was not the intended target. The authorities have also ruled out robbery as a motive. Diaz, a clothing vendor, was shot in the face and killed […]
Last week four police officers were placed on interdiction following the fatal shooting of Allyson Major. Major was shot in the head by one of the cops during a high speed police chase that culminated at the Swing Bridge when he crashed into a bus after he was shot. The area was busy as people were […]
In an update to another murder last Tuesday, police say that they are still looking for a suspect in connection with the death of Ghanaian national Emmanuel Ampomah. The fifty-two-year-old cabbie was fatally stabbed inside his taxi last Tuesday night. He lost consciousness and crashed on Seashore Drive dying instantly. Today, police shared that Ampomah […]
A video of two girls assaulting another teenager in Belize City went viral over the weekend. The video, which racked up thousands of views and hundreds of shares on Facebook, was a live post made by one of the attackers. The video shows two young women approaching another girl about some exchange of words that […]
Tyrique Munnings is at the K.H.M.H. in a critical condition after he was shot several times on Thursday night. Munnings was in the Milpa Area of Ladyville when a lone gunman pulled out a firearm and blasted several bullets in his direction. He lay wounded on the side of the street with gunshot injuries to […]
While robbers targeted a restaurant on Saint Thomas Street, in the south side, a teen was shot multiple times on Thursday night and is recovering at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Eighteen-year-old Raheem Chambers was on M and Y Street walking towards Holy Emmanuel Street when he was attacked by a man who pulled out […]
Today the National Trade Union Congress of Belize issued a press release to sound off on the spate of killings and crime in Belize. The N.T.U.C.B. says that it has been monitoring the current crime situation given its negative impact on workers in Belize. The N.T.U.C.B. condemns the violent crimes, including murders, which the release […]
An armed thief was captured on camera as he held up a store owner in southern Belize. He got away with thousands of dollars in cash, but soon enough, the long arms of the law caught up with him. Twenty-six-year-old Rasheem Garnett targeted a store in Santa Rosa, Stann Creek District and held up its […]
Businessman, Jose Hilario Diaz, was brutally murdered at his place of business on Cemetery Road as he was preparing to close shop on Tuesday evening. A gunman walked into the store and shot the vendor on the jaw causing his immediate death. Following investigations, police have charged twenty-three year old Leroy Haultzes, of Cemetery Road, […]
Twenty-eight-year-old Tyrique Munnings is at the K.H.M.H. in a critical condition after he was shot several times on Thursday night. Munnings was in the Milpa Area of Ladyville when a lone gunman pulled out a firearm and blasted several bullets in his direction. Munnings lay wounded on the side of the street as he sustained […]
The state of affairs regarding crime and violence in the country, particularly in Belize City, continues to erode. The police department has fallen into distrust from the very public its officers have sworn to protect and serve. While family and friends of Allyson Major Junior are still reeling from his death at the hands of […]
In April 2017, Assistant Commissioner of Police Chester Williams was instrumental in bringing together a number of feuding groups in Belize City to call a ceasefire. Along with Dianne Finnegan and Brother Nuri Muhammad, he helped in forging an armistice at a time when gang violence had spiraled out of control in the Old Capital. […]
When grilled about his recent anti-gang approach, ComPol Williams defended the position he took a few years ago in uniting the warring factions. However, those who continue to wreak havoc, he says, will be dealt with severely. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “What I did then, I stand by and I will still go […]
