A late evening press conference convened by Minister of Foreign Affairs Wilfred Elrington, upon his return from a meeting at the O.A.S. in Washington, has just concluded. The brief was held to update the media on a round of discussions between Belize and Guatemala in respect of the ongoing territorial dispute. We’ll have more on […]
While police have two minors, ages fifteen and sixteen, in custody for the murder of Hemsley, a fourteen-year-old boy has been charged for Tuesday’s murder of Mario Trotman. This morning, the minor was arraigned in the Belize City Family Court and read a single charge of murder. Police believe that he was the one who […]
Three minors have been detained as the gunmen in two of the recent homicides in the city; it’s a reality that is frightening because it is believed that minors are being recruited by gangs to commit these heinous crimes. But Assistant Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, whose jurisdiction these murders were committed, is not taking […]
Hundreds of Belize City residents participated in a BLACK March this morning. The procession is the second of its kind and seeks to create awareness on the effects of crime and violence in the city. News Five’s Duane Moody joined in as the wave of black and white flooded the city streets and made its […]
There were two murders in three days in Belize City. A thirty-four-year-old mother of two teenage boys was killed as she traveled in a taxi with friends on Faber’s Road. Less than forty-eight hours later, the body of an eighteen-year-old resident of Louise Bevans Street was found in a canal leading to the dyke behind […]
Earlier in the newscast, Assistant Commissioner of Police Chester Williams gave an update on the recent homicides in Belize City. News Five caught up with him during the department’s weekly community policing initiative. This time, the officers of Eastern Division South were meeting with residents in the neighborhood of North and South Creek, where recently […]
Attorney Oscar Salgado, representing Osmar Sabido, stated in an interview at the start of the trial that his client would make a case for self-defence. That is consistent with Sabido’s testimony given today in which he claimed he was attacked by Carrasco who tried to stab him. One witness for the prosecution, Deon Faber, took […]
Over the weekend, a thirty-four year old woman was shot and killed in a taxi. Her murder remains unresolved. Today, Belize City police have another murder on their hands to solve. This morning around ten-thirty, the body of eighteen year old Mario Trotman was retrieved from the canal near the dyke off Faber’s Road. Trotman’s […]
While police have two friends of Trotman detained in connection with his murder, this morning, several others were rounded up and taken into custody for the murder of thirty-four year old Tanika Lemoth. The single mother of two teenage boys who was killed on Sunday morning on Faber’s Road inside a taxi, as she and […]
Since then, several families from within the area of Mayflower and Sibun Streets have been complaining of excessive use of force by GSU and Police officers. Juanita Gongora, a resident of Sibun Street says that police showed up at her house early this morning looking for guns and ammunition. The search came up empty, but […]
But ACP Williams says he is not moved by the allegations against the officers. And those complaints should simply be made to the Professional Standards Branch of the Police Department. ACP Chester Williams, Regional Commander, Eastern Division South “Many parents have been grieving, have been on the TV crying, suffering, having lost their loved […]
The Eastern Division South unit is also investigating a shooting on Monday night in Belize City. Around ten-thirty p.m., a gunman came up to the barracks at the corner of Jasmine Street and Marigold Lane and opened fire at an apartment. Inside were forty-seven year old Dean Parks and his thirteen year old son. Parks […]
A fisherman, who claims he was provided with four hundred and forty-four undersized conchs for free, will end up paying thousands of dollars. Thirty-two year old, Raymond Myers was busted by the Gang Suppression Unit this morning on behalf of the Fisheries Department. Myers was taken to court by the Fisheries Department for the offense […]
A very well known businessman from the Orange Walk District believes that tonight he is lucky to be alive after what seems very much like a kidnapping attempt, or maybe worse, Sunday night. The individual who asked to remain anonymous told News Five that he was heading back towards town at around ten-thirty after dropping […]
A Belize City mother of two was shot and killed early on Sunday morning. It is a tragic ending to the life of thirty-four year old Tanika Lemoth as women all over celebrate Women’s Month. Lemoth was travelling in a taxi when the shooting took place in the area of Saint John’s Vianney on Faber’s […]
Dangriga police have detained a Salvadoran national who was illegally fishing and hunting in the Cockscomb Basin Natural Reserve. On Friday morning, Belize Defense Force soldiers and rangers were on patrol in the area when they spotted two men in a kayak who attempted to escape detention by jumping into the Swasey River. Of the […]
At around one Wednesday afternoon the majesty and mystery of the Altun Ha Archaeological site was shattered by the reality of crime in Belize. Six tourists off a cruise ship and Belizean tour guide Clifford Hoare were accosted by two men – one armed with a machete and the other armed with a nine millimeter […]
The unintentional shooting of self-employed DVD salesman Jamal Young, presumably by officers in pursuit of a fleeing vehicle, remains a whodunit mystery; at least within the Belize Police Department. That’s because Young is confident that he would be able to positively identify that officer in an ID parade. ‘Bounty’, as he is popularly known, was […]
According to Commander Mark Flowers, the Gang Suppression Unit did not engage the suspects being pursued. In fact, they only came to the aid of the responding officers before carrying on with their assignment. Young, on the other hand, also reiterates that the GSU were not part of the shooting. On the Phone: Mark […]
Fifty-one-year-old Francisco Torres Sucup and fifty-six-year-old Luis Diaz Alballeros, both Guatemalan nationals, have been charged for possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition. Sucup, who was shot below the left knee during an exchange of gunfire with B.D.F. and FCD rangers, remains hospitalized at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. On Friday evening, a routine patrol […]
Traditionally, the role of Police Officers is to protect and serve, but instead three Police Officers from San Pedro are actually accused of beating bartender Edwin Ixpatac so badly, he slipped into a coma and died. It is a deeply disturbing case, and if there is any slight consolation to be had, it is that […]
On Sunday, forty-three year old Rommel Catzim was stabbed to death by his Guatemalan wife Alida Catzim in San Pedro. The couple had allegedly been socializing earlier and got into an altercation that night in their Second Street apartment. That altercation resulted in Catzim being stabbed twice to the chest and back. He died on […]
Unofficially, there have been twenty-eight murders in 2016 – fourteen in January, ten in February and four so far for March. That’s a record-setting trend when compared to 2014 and 2015. At the end of February 2014, there were fifteen murders, and at the end of February 2015, there were sixteen. At the end of […]
Eight tourists who came in on a cruise ship today and opted to visit the very popular Altun Ha Archaeological Site off the Old Northern Highway are probably regretting that decision. That’s because six of them were robbed by two armed men as they walked along a nature trail on the ninety acre reserve. While […]
Popular DVD salesman Jamal Young, better known as ‘Bounty’, remains hospitalized at the K.H.M.H., following an incident over the weekend during which he was allegedly shot in the foot by a police officer. Young was making his way along Mahogany Street on Saturday afternoon when upon reaching the vicinity of the precinct, he heard what […]
