The supply of used B.D.F. uniforms and outboard engines and its mysterious appearance in the possession of civilians, particularly a Mexican national and two Belizeans, in Orange Walk, continues to be investigated. While the men have since been released without charges, there is an inquiry into whether there was indeed a breach in protocol within […]
When asked whether the police department is investigating a string of text messages exchanged between the Mexican national and a high-ranking B.D.F. official while in detention, ComPol Whylie said he was unaware of the communication. Furthermore, the police commissioner says that it would be concerning should the worn uniforms be smuggled into Mexico for use […]
News Five has obtained the video purportedly showing multiple communications between a high-level soldier of the Belize Defence Force and one of the persons found on Friday with used battle dress uniforms and discarded outboard engines that had been property of the B.D.F. Among the recovered items are ninety battle dress uniforms; various amounts of […]
The body of thirty-seven-year-old Ervin Rene Huex awaits transfer to Guatemala, following a deadly shootout on Saturday with Belizean law enforcement. Huex was one of two thieves who robbed a pair of men at gunpoint before relieving them of a Toyota Hilux. The incident happened along the Chaa Creek Road and the fatal encounter took […]
The biennial crime statistics for the first half of 2017 were released on Monday, and the report indicates that the number of murders have only reduced marginally when compared to the same period in 2016. From January to June there have been seventy murders, three less than last year. Of that number, thirty-one arrests have […]
A fifty-two-year-old man is accused of having sex with a fifteen-year old inside his vehicle on Sunday on the Phillip Goldson Highway. This afternoon, Jose Lino Ardon, a resident of Lord’s Bank Village, Ladyville was arraigned and remanded into custody at the Belize Central Prison until September twenty-six, 2017 for the crime of unlawful sexual intercourse. […]
The death of thirteen-year-old American national Faye Lin Cannon has sent shockwaves across the country. The teenager was found dead and a post mortem exam determined that she was physically and sexually abused – allegedly at the hands of her adopted parents’ business owners David and Anke Doehm. The couple has been in police custody […]
Crime in the prime tourism destination has spiked; three murders were recorded in three days. Even as police continue investigating the death of Faye Lin Cannon, on Saturday night, a minor was shot and killed on Sea Grapes Drive. Sixteen-year-old Julian Tun arrived on the island on the same day death came knocking at his […]
Police on the island are also investigating the unusual death of a Honduran national. Fifty-six-year-old Plutarco Noralez relocated to Belize from La Ceiba, Honduras years ago – first living in Dangriga before taking up residence in San San Pedro five years ago. But on Wednesday morning he arrived at the polyclinic complaining of chest pains; […]
Two Guatemalan carjackers were shot by police over the weekend; one died on the spot in Calla Creek, Cayo. On Saturday, the robbers lay waited Omar Jimenez and his son and strong-armed their vehicle at gunpoint, but Jimenez would alert family and the police. A team of officers from the Special Patrols Unit set chase […]
A night of socializing at La Cabana Night Club in Belmopan has left three men suffering from varying degrees of injury after gunfire erupted at the establishment. According to Belmopan police, Berthran Bermudez was shot to the left and right upper thigh, while Ismael Trapp was hit to the right index finger and left foot. […]
On Friday, we reported that Orange Walk police had arrested and detained a trio of men, including a Mexican national, found in possession of discarded military uniforms and outboard engines that were once the property of the Belize Defense Force. The stock of worn battle dress uniforms, along with mechanical parts from the motors, raised […]
Police are reporting less major crimes across Belize in the first half of 2017. Official statistics have the figure tallied at eight hundred and sixty-six in total from January to June compared to one thousand and seventy in the same time period in 2016. The murder count stands at seventy as at the end of […]
The community of San Pedro is still reeling and outraged at the death of a thirteen-year-old girl, one of four girls adopted by American parents. Faye Lin Cannon was found dead since Monday; she had signs of physical and sexual abuse. Police are now looking at her parents as suspects in her death. David and […]
Today in Belize City, People’s United Party Leader John Briceño weighed in on the tragic case. In addition to expressing a hope for justice against the perpetrators, he noted the recent comment by Immigration Officer Ady Pacheco during a public hearing of the Senate Special Select Committee. Pacheco claimed that the Cabinet had decided to […]
We’re following the heartbreaking story in San Pedro where a young girl was found dead with physical and sexual injuries, but we’ll start with a developing story of Orange Walk police who are keeping a tight lid on an ongoing criminal investigation. News Five can confirm tonight that authorities in the north have seized an […]
A team of coastguard officers was busy at sea on Thursday evening off the shores of Punta Gorda Town. An operation led by coastguard personnel and TIDE rangers responded to a distress call shortly before six o’clock when they were informed that a boat had overturned somewhere east of town. Fortunately for the four occupants […]
According to Lieutenant Soberanis, the occupants of the fleeing vessel had managed to toss their catch into the sea before being found with gill nets onboard the boat. Lt. Greg Soberanis, Belize National Coast Guard “As it relates to products, once a vessel is found to be engaged in illegal fishing, upon the sight […]
This week, Senior Superintendent Marco Vidal has taken over the post of Regional Commander for Eastern Division South, replacing Assistant Commissioner Chester Williams. Vidal has publicly committed to continuing the community policing approach adopted by Williams, although he will leave the senior officer to continue mentoring gang members presently under a truce. Meanwhile, murders and […]
Por esto, a Mexican news outlet reports that a Belizean has been arrested and remains behind bars in Isla Mujeres, for robbery. Police detained the individual after he forced himself into a house in the island and stole credit cards which were recovered by the police and returned to its owner. The robbery report was […]
A teenage girl was found dead at a resort in San Pedro and police are investigating as a case of murder because a post mortem concludes that the child was physical and sexually abused. The body of thirteen-year-old Faye Lin Cannon also had a large swelling to the head and bruises on the arm and […]
Just a few minutes shy of eleven a.m. today, Erwin Santos was captured by officers attached to the Belmopan Police Formation in Teakettle, Cayo. The twenty-four-year-old, who also has the alias Toluck, was wanted by police for charges of keeping unlicensed firearm and ammunition and threat of death. While he was out on bail for […]
This afternoon, in the vicinity of North Creek, personnel from Eastern Division South, led by Senior Superintendent Marco Vidal, met with residents of the area on an individual basis. The customary Meet and Greet on Wednesdays is a first for Vidal who formally took over the helm of the jurisdiction on Saturday. Up until recently […]
Senior Superintendent Marco Vidal, during his tenure as head of the Gang Suppression Unit, decried community policing as a failed attempt by the department to reach out to the citizenry. Since then, he has walked back that position, after seeing significant inroads being made through the provision of community services. Coming into Eastern Division South, […]
As for the present ceasefire among rival Belize City gangs, Senior Superintendent Vidal says that the truce was struck between the various groups at their behest and not an initiative that includes the state. Sr. Supt Marco Vidal, O.C., Eastern Division South “First of all, we need to understand that this truce is between […]
