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A Belize City resident was ambushed and killed on Saturday night in front of his apartment. Reports are that just after eleven-thirty, twenty-eight-year-old Ricardo Borja was inside his white Nissan pickup, when a lone gunman approached and opened fire in his direction. Borja had just returned to the apartment from a night out in the […]
Written on August 21, 2023 | Posted in
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A group of seven Mexican nationals was busted near a checkpoint Corozal over the weekend. The men are believed to be hired guns sent to Belize by a Mexican cartel to take out a well-known drug dealer in Corozal District. It’s a frightening scenario that proves the effortless infiltration of Belize’s northern border by criminal […]
Written on August 21, 2023 | Posted in
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While an investigation is ongoing, this morning, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams told reporters that the Belize Police Department has been utilizing resources made available through the Government of Belize to address the issue of drug-related crimes in Corozal District. The Briceño administration has allotted a million dollars to law enforcement to fight the scourge […]
Written on August 21, 2023 | Posted in
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As we reported at the top of the news, there were two murders in the Cayo District over the weekend. The shooting death of an alleged minor in San Ignacio Town for which Joseph Budna is also under investigation, and then there was the murder of a Billy White villager on Saturday night. Police responded […]
Written on August 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Two elderly brothers are recovering from stab wounds they suffered at the hands of a younger relative on Saturday evening in Lemonal Village. The incident happened in front of the Anthony’s residence, where a celebration was happening after a cricket match. And the suspect is no stranger to police. Aside from being the grandson of […]
Written on August 21, 2023 | Posted in
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A twenty-four-year-old Corozal Town resident was shot on Saturday night while socializing at a bar. According to police, the victim, Adonais Rax, was at “Aqui me Quedo Bar” at around nine o’clock when a single gunshot was heard. Rax then realized he was shot. He was transported to the Corozal Community Hospital where he is […]
Written on August 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Police are also investigating a chopping incident in the town. According to reports, just before midnight on Friday, police visited Fourth Avenue where they observed twenty-eight-year-old Franklin Moreno with injuries to his arm. Initial investigation reveals that Franklin Moreno and Douglas Moreno were socializing at a local bar when a brawl broke out and both […]
Written on August 21, 2023 | Posted in
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There was a robbery near mile twelve on the George Price Highway on Friday that resulted in an employee of Grace Kennedy Belize being injured by gunshots. Ellis Arkliss and his sidemen were en route to Belize City when they were ambushed by several persons inside a vehicle. The men fired multiple shots at the […]
Written on August 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Today, Ronlee Petillo appeared unrepresented in Courtroom Number One where he urged the judge to grant him an adjournment for two cases. He has been on remand for a charge of aggravated assault with a firearm upon a woman and for a charge of rape. According to Petillo, he was in the hole at the […]
Written on August 18, 2023 | Posted in
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Earlier today, a police officer on interdiction for allegedly perverting the course of justice was provided with full disclosure in his case. Twenty-nine-year-old Police Corporal Herman Ramos is accused of taking a nine millimeter pistol from thirty-three-year-old Mervin Domingo, after Domingo discharged the firearm in public. Reports are that on the morning of October, twenty-eighth, […]
Written on August 18, 2023 | Posted in
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A sitting minister of government is being accused of sexual harassment by a female attorney. That same minister is in turn accusing the female attorney of blackmail. The lawyer alleges that the minister sexually harassed her by sending unsolicited nude pictures on multiple occasions. The attorney says that she had to leave the country momentarily […]
Written on August 17, 2023 | Posted in
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There’s one more high-powered rifle in the streets tonight, after someone removed the weapon from Camp Belizario in Cayo District. The B.D.F is conducting an investigation into the disappearance of the weapon and today they gave the media a briefing. B.D.F. Chief of Staff, Lieutenant Colonel Ricardo Leal says they received the report on Wednesday […]
Written on August 17, 2023 | Posted in
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Thirty-five-year-old Dale Saragosa, a resident of mile two and a half on the George Price Highway, has been fined seven thousand, five hundred dollars for drug trafficking. In May 2020, during a search of his home, police found as many as sixteen pounds of cannabis under a bed in an unused room inside the residence. […]
Written on August 17, 2023 | Posted in
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The police exhibit keeper, who was charged in April for the discarded weed gummies that got several children sick, has been granted permission to leave the country. Mario Bustillos, charged with ten counts of negligent harm to ten children was granted permission to spend three days in Chetumal, Mexico. Bustillos made an application asking the […]
Written on August 17, 2023 | Posted in
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Sometime after ten p.m. on Monday, gunshots rang out on the George Price Highway and when the shooting subsided, residents in that area of Hattieville discovered the lifeless body of Egbert Arnold Senior. Bertie, as he was otherwise known, did odd jobs in and around the community. He was reportedly riding a bicycle along the […]
Written on August 15, 2023 | Posted in
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The weekend did not go by without street violence, as a young man was shot and killed sometime after eight on Sunday night in Belize City and police say that the motive was over a woman. The murder happened on Raccoon Street Extension and claimed the life of Austin Williams, who lived in the same […]
Written on August 14, 2023 | Posted in
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The violence did not end there. Sometime after nine p.m., another man was shot, and as luck – or fate would have it, the motive of this attack was also over a woman. This time, the shooting occurred on Cumberbatch Street, just off Lacroix Boulevard in the Lake-I area. Police Commissioner, Chester Williams shared the […]
Written on August 14, 2023 | Posted in
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And while the shootings were rampant on Sunday night in Belize City, earlier that same day, police nabbed a twelve-year-old child with a loaded gun. The interception happened on Malcolm Street, off Freedom Street, in the Port Loyola area. Police say when the minor saw the stop and search police mobile on patrol he threw […]
Written on August 14, 2023 | Posted in
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As we’ve reported, there was a murder in San Pedro early on Friday morning. Sometime before three a.m., nineteen-year-old Keon Jamal Quiroz was lured to his front door by someone who impersonated the police and when he opened the door, the person shot him dead. Today, the Belize Police Department shared the details and warned […]
Written on August 14, 2023 | Posted in
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A Caye Caulker resident who claims to have been badly beaten by a group of friends he was socializing with is tonight seeking justice for himself and his brother. Eber Guerra says he has been charged with common assault, while his sibling Gerson Guerra, has been charged with grievous harm, following a brawl on Friday […]
Written on August 14, 2023 | Posted in
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There is quite a lot to report from the House Meeting in Belmopan today, but we start off tonight’s newscast with a murder that occurred in the nation’s number one tourist destination, La Isa Bonita. The victim, nineteen-year-old Keon Jamal Quiroz was shot dead sometime around two forty-five this morning. It happened at his house […]
Written on August 11, 2023 | Posted in
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Tonight, a family is torn after their loved one is gunned down in Belize City. The incident happened in the Lake Independence area, on Zacaranda Street, sometime before ten a.m. The deceased, Aaron Chavez, was no stranger to the law, having been charged a few times with theft and robbery, but his family says that […]
Written on August 10, 2023 | Posted in
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On July thirtieth, a deadly collision occurred following a high-speed chase by Orange Walk police of two men on a motorcycle in Orange Walk. Soon after the incident, reports started to circulate, alleging the police of knocking down the men and running them over. During the incident, twenty-year-old Jesus Sacul, a deliveryman, lost his life. […]
Written on August 10, 2023 | Posted in
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Police believe they have found the weapon used in the shooting of Nimrod Tillett last month. The discovery comes as part of a sustained operation that police have been conducting in the two northern districts in an effort to stem cartel-related activities in those municipalities. That police operation, according to Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams, […]
Written on August 10, 2023 | Posted in
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Alleged victims of sexual abuse at the hands of well-known church leader Mervin Budram continue to speak out. Tonight, we hear from another woman who has also decided to tell her story in support of other victims, known and unknown. The church where Budram fellowshipped, Jubilee Ministries, has revealed that an investigation was launched after […]
Written on August 7, 2023 | Posted in
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