Police are perplexed over a weekend murder and are putting all the clues together. A white Nissan Altima traveling to Belize City was reportedly trailed by a white Infinity SUV coming from Hattieville. As both vehicles approached eight miles, they were met by another SUV, a navy blue Trail Blazer. Inside the Altima car were […]
There have been numerous attempts on the life of Gion “Gizmo” Bernard, a street figure from the Victoria Street area in Belize City. In the past two weeks, there were two attempts to cut him down, but Bernard has managed to stay alive. Over the weekend, he was targeted by a group of men in […]
The Police Department last Friday morning destroyed a quantity of marijuana and crack cocaine. The drugs went up in smoke at the Tower Hill factory in Orange Walk Town. Eight hundred and thirty-six pounds of cannabis were burnt and one hundred grams of crack cocaine, along with seven pipes seized in anti-drug operations, were also […]
There is another developing story. It is well-known that Guatemalan nationals illegally enter Belizean territory for illegal activities. Most recently when the Sarstoon law applied, their fishermen routinely traversed into Belize to fish while the local fisher folk were barred from entering the Sarstoon. Now, on Thursday night, a total of eight Belizeans were detained […]
The fourth murder for the Corozal District for this year took place on Thursday evening in the village of Paraiso. Thirty-seven year old Delmar Guerra was trailed and executed by two men on a motorcycle a short distance from where he lived. He had just parked his vehicle at a house where he went to […]
Late this evening, San Joaquin resident, Delmar Guerra was shot multiple times as he drove a van through the village of Paraiso, Corozal. Guerra was ambushed by a pair of men on motorcycles and was killed execution style. Back in 2013, an attempt was made on his life while the businessman was in Calderita, Chetumal. […]
Since March of this year, Ladyville has been experiencing an upward trend in violent crimes. It started with the murder of Rene “Fat Cat” Chavarria and since then, three other persons have been killed while a number of shootings have occurred. Police have reason to believe that it is the work of a group or […]
Police also believe they have the person responsible for setting two vehicles on fire in Ladyville over the extended weekend. But while quick police work led to the apprehension of the suspect, he outsmarted the police and slipped from their hands. The minor simply asked for a bathroom break and then escaped through a window […]
On May twelfth, nineteen-year-old Zachry Knox allegedly fired three shots at Assistant Commissioner of Police Chester Williams during a high speed chase in the city. Knox was picked up that same night and has been charged for attempted murder, but two weeks after, he still hasn’t been arraigned in Court. There’s a reason for that. […]
Another Ladyville resident is tonight on remand, following a shootout last Saturday on Marage Road during which twenty-one-year-old mechanic Lionel Rhamdas was killed. Thirty-one-year-old Alrick Smith has been charged for a plot to assassinate an entire Ladyville family in the wake of his brother-in-law’s killing. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, Reporting He […]
Investigations are ongoing into the deadly exchange of gunfire which claimed the life of Lionel Rhamdas. In that shooting, at least three firearms were involved and police had initially recovered only one, a nine millimeter handgun that was on the ground beside the body of Rhamdas. Assistant Commissioner of Police and Rural Eastern Division Commander […]
We have reported on illegal activities within the expansive Chiquibul National Park many times, in fact within the last week after three Guatemalans were detained while panning for gold near Ceibo Chico. But there are other national parks with lush resources, and the reality is that across the spectrum there are not enough resources to […]
On Tuesday evening, sometime after five p.m., Police were called out to a farm in the Blue Creek Village, Orange Walk District. There, they discovered the human remains of a man. Inspector Nicholas Palomo, who is the deputy commander of the Orange Walk Police, told News Five today that they have since contacted their counterparts […]
Nineteen-year-old Chioma Williams is recovering from injuries she received during a shooting incident in Belize City on Tuesday night. Williams reported to police that shortly after eight o’clock, she was walking near the intersections of Freetown and Barrack roads when a pair of unknown men rode up on a motorcycle. It is unclear whether the […]
Tonight we have more details on the alleged kidnapping of two – not one, Mennonite farmers who were clearing fire breaks on a large plot of land which adjoins the Guatemalan border last Thursday. To recap, in Monday’s newscast, we brought you Roger Plett’s very compelling story of being taken off his tractor by Guatemalan […]
There was another incident on the farm the next day. Watchman Rogelio Barrientos was allegedly approached by fifteen military officers, and a request was made for heavy equipment to be handed over to the Guatemalans. A distress call was sent to Police who responded, and then called in backup. But local law enforcement allegedly decided […]
Twenty-five year old Steven Young is serving his first night in prison for the attempted murder of a Lord’s Bank resident, who was stabbed during an altercation inside Ruba’s Bar this past Saturday. Young was arraigned before Magistrate Deborah Rogers for attempted murder, dangerous harm and use of deadly means of harm upon Brandon Stevens. […]
Two men, twenty-eight-year-old Egbert Baldwin and nineteen-year-old Darwin Estuardo Prado, are in custody for the shooting death of their friend Lionel Rhamdas. The duo surrendered to Ladyville police earlier today and it is expected that they will be taken to court on Wednesday after being charged for the Saturday attempted murder of Terence Flowers Junior, […]
Tarique Gillett and Lyson Cacho were arraigned in March and July 2015 for the murder of Michael Welch and the attempted murder of Kingsley Morrison. Last Friday, both were set free, but that freedom was short-lived because today they were rearrested and taken back to court. The latest evidence against the men is fingerprints lifted […]
A man is currently listed in stable condition at the Western Regional Hospital in Belmopan after he was rushed there this afternoon with a gunshot injury. According to a very preliminary investigation, Belmopan Police say that just after two o’clock, Doni Polanco and his father-in-law Emilio Arevalo were returning from a fishing trip to Frank’s […]
There is an incredible story coming out of the borderland between Belize and Guatemala behind Spanish Lookout. It involves allegations of kidnapping, assault and damage to property. Last Thursday, Mennonite Roger Plett claims that he was physically detained by the Guatemalan military and taken off the farm he was working, into Guatemalan territory. It’s a […]
There’s plenty more to this story, including how Plett managed to make his way back, and also the matter of his bulldozer operator who was also detained by Guatemalans and only just managed to escape by driving straight through the fire. We’ll have all that in Tuesday’s newscast. But here’s an amazing thing. The Police […]
Over the weekend News Five was able to reach a representative from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via phone. He told us that they had been able to verify with the O.A.S. that no military personnel from Guatemala were in that border area behind Spanish Lookout. Plett, however, says that he was there and he […]
There’s another incident that happened late last week. A trio of Guatemalans panning for gold inside the Ceibo Chico area of the Chiquibul Forest Reserve has been arrested and charged after being detained on Friday night. The three men were part of a larger group of about fifteen illegals operating in the vicinity. Their detention, […]
In the past two months, four persons have been killed in Ladyville, Belize District in gun violence that is attributed to ongoing gang rivalry. On Saturday night, Lionel Rhamdas was shot and killed, but it is not known where the gunshot came from. First, Rhamdas reportedly opened fire on a group of men socializing on […]
