There is a second murder in less than forty-eight hours to report in the west. On September tenth, Jose Sibrian was stabbed to death following a confrontation at a bar. Police are now investigating the murder of a man whose body was found floating in the river. Sometime after two o’clock on Tuesday, the body […]
But the identity of the victim remains a mystery and police is turning to the public for assistance as well as their counterparts in Guatemala to determine who is John Doe. While the police refrained from issuing a photo due to the state in which the body was found, ASP Iche gave a description of […]
The first murder victim in the west for this month lost his life on the tenth. Police are yet to crack that case in the murder of Jose Sibrian, a Salvadoran national and his attacker, who is known to be a Guatemalan national. ASP Daniel Iche, Acting O.C., San Ignacio Police Formation “No one […]
Is there a bitter sibling rivalry brewing within the ranks of the Belize Police Department that may very well end up in the Supreme Court? Since succeeding Assistant Commissioner of Police Chester Williams as head of Eastern Division South on July first, Senior Superintendent Marco Vidal has expressed a different approach in fighting crime. Those […]
In the weekly police meet and greet, we caught up with Regional Commander of the Eastern Division South Marco Vidal on the south side of the city. Vidal and other cops were interacting with residents in the Iguana, Curassow, and Gibnut streets area. Vidal told the media that he was pretty impressed with the feedback […]
There is a troubling murder to report tonight; a witness in the murder of Daniel Sosa was killed execution style in Orange Walk. Full disclosure in the case against highly connected Hilmar Alamilla accused with the Sosa murder, was scheduled for September fifth. But on Sunday morning, Gustavo Hernandez, who gave a statement and who […]
While we were unable gather officially from police the motive for this latest homicide, the Officer Commanding Orange Walk Police, Superintendent David Chi acknowledges that the murder of a key witness is an angle that the investigators are looking into. Here’s that back and forth with the media. Supt. David Chi, O.C., Orange Walk […]
Police presence was heavy at major events over the weekend, but that did not avert any violence. Not for Akeem Augustine who was set free of a murder charge on Friday. By Saturday morning, following the popular J’ouvert, Augustine was targeted. He was among the revelers in the area of Cinderella Plaza when a gunman […]
Shortly after ten o’clock on Saturday night, gunshots rang out on Ebony Street, at its intersection with Sibun Street, where passengers inside a vehicle were being targeted by a pair of gunmen. Twenty-six-year-old Darwin Martinez, a resident of Mayflower Street, was riding inside a black Saturn along with his uncle when they came under gunfire. […]
An explosive device was retrieved in Corozal Town over the weekend when police in that jurisdiction were handed a sophisticated bomb, complete with a remote detonator. While an actual charge was not attached to the device, its complexity marks a first for the discovery of such contraptions in Belize. News Five spoke with local bomb […]
A Salvadoran national was killed in the Cayo District over the weekend. He was at a bar when another man took his drink and consumed it. A fight ensued outside of the premises and that is when Jose Sibrian was stabbed and killed. Police say they are now looking for the suspect. Andrea Polanco has […]
San Ignacio Police are on the scene at the moment where a body was found in the Macal River. Sometime after three this afternoon the body of a man was spotted floating face-down in the river. According to reports, the body has not yet been identified and neither is a missing person’s report in San […]
Throughout the many festivities on carnival day, the Belize Police Department was working overtime to keep criminals at bay. Along the parade route officers kept a watchful eye for suspicious activity and were able to intercept an onlooker who came to the event prepared for a brief shootout. Thirty-two-year-old Darren Dawson, a resident of Neal’s […]
Did the police department intentionally turn a blind eye to certain criminal elements and allowed them to carry on with illicit activity in return for keeping the peace in Belize City? It’s an opinion that is shared by some, however, the truth of the matter is that the crackdown on the local marijuana trade seems […]
The unfortunate incident on Wednesday during which reporter Marisol Amaya was physically assaulted by members of the Special Patrol Unit on the Tower Hill Bridge in Orange Walk, remains a trending topic in the social media realm. The wanton tear-gassing and beat down of journalists during the uproar has seen a number of government officials […]
A pair of officers attached to Precinct Three in Belize City is out on bail after being arraigned on extortion related charges earlier today. The duo, identified as Sergeant Lenancio Bol and Police Constable Daniel Requena, appeared before Magistrate Aretha Ford after being held in detention since Thursday. It is alleged that on September fifth, […]
A Belizean was reportedly killed in the Champon area of the western border with Guatemala. News Five has learned that San Jose Succotz tour guide Carlos “Botty” Manzanero was at the Larios establishment with his wife when he was shot a total of eight times: once to the right knee, twice to the left hand […]
After four years and six months on remand for the murder of Ardon Belgrave in March 2013, Akeem Augustine, is freed of murder. Belgrave was shot and executed while on a job site on Caesar Ridge Road, Belize City. His acquittal came this morning before Justice Adolph Lucas where the evidence presented by the crown […]
No justice of the peace should be asking people to pay for services they provide for free. That is according to the Attorney General’s Ministry, which sent out a statement condemning reports it has received of JP’s soliciting remuneration for their services. According to the Ministry, any JP found guilty of soliciting any form of […]
A shooting overnight on the north end of Ambergris Caye turned murder today after police discovered the body of thirty-six-year-old Rudolph Eric Pitts. Just before nine p.m. on Tuesday, twenty-two-year-old Edgar Rene Lopez was transported to the San Pedro Polyclinic with multiple gunshot wounds to the head, left arm and shoulder. Before being airlifted to […]
A dangerous explosive used in seismic testing activities was recovered from the streets of Belize City on Saturday. The charge, complete with a battery and accompanying wires, was found in the vicinity of Vernon Street. The only piece missing from the device is a detonator, which bomb expert, Brigadier General David Jones believes is still […]
According to Commander Jones, the lethality of the device should it have been detonated in proximity of civilians, would certainly leave a body count. Brig. Gen. David Jones, Explosives Expert “The charge is complete, is intact. There is a battery that is used as a power source to set off a detonator that would […]
One more issue on the ongoing investigation into the land scandal involving Andre Vega…This morning, Acting Commissioner of Police Noel Leal fielded questions from the media in respect of the allegation made by Amy Forte regarding the forging of her signature. While he admits to having assigned an investigator to the case, the police department […]
Shortly after eight o’clock this morning, a task force of officers raided the home of thirty-seven-year-old on Pelican Street Extension. A search of his residence turned up a quantity of cannabis weighing three hundred and six grams. Soberanis has since been arrested and charged for possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply.
The discovery of a high-powered weapon on the streets of Belize City may have flown below the radar on August twenty-third, when police in the area of Port Loyola retrieved an AK-forty-seven assault rifle. A special operation conducted in that vicinity resulted in the finding of the firearm, along with a matching magazine. Police were […]
