It is five days since the property of La Cabana owner, Mike Menjivar, in Las Flores, Belmopan was raided by the Gang Suppression Unit. Menjivar, his pregnant wife, their children and maid were all in the house when the G.S.U. carried out the pre-dawn attack. The G.S.U. head, Marco Vidal, gave his account of the […]
On Tuesday night we told you about the murder of fifteen year old Albert Valdez of San Ignacio. Valdez was stabbed and cut to the throat on Sunday night between an alley off Eduardo Luna and Blue Bird Streets after he got into an argument with two friends. Valdez was able to make it to […]
Two men, one woman and a minor were all murdered over the past weekend. In the west, a minor’s life was cut short on Sunday night and it is suspected that the culprits were his friends; two minors are detained. Fifteen year old Albert Valdez was stabbed a stone’s throw away from his home in […]
In the City, the gun violence broke out early with a double murder at the start of the weekend. Antelope Street looked like a war zone on Friday night. Two men were killed by a single gunman who simply rode up and opened fire on a group of friends. Eric “Lip” Arana died instantly while […]
The double murder of Eric Arana and Dwayne Tillett in the City was followed by another homicide on Antelope Street at the break of dawn on Monday morning. This time a woman fell victim to the street violence. Along with a group of friends, including a fifteen year old minor, Aldeen Idolly Zelaya was heading […]
Aside from the murders, two other persons were injured in Belize City over the weekend. Twenty two year old Randy Allen and eighteen year old Brandon Vasquez were both shot once on their backs. At two-thirty on Saturday afternoon, the men were at a shop on Caesar Ridge Road when a man identified as ‘White’ […]
On Friday the Gang Suppression Unit carried out a predawn raid at Miguel Menjivar’s residence in the Las Flores community in Belmopan. Menjivar is the owner of La Cabana Bar and lives under heavy security. Commander of the G.S.U., Marco Vidal told us that before five o’clock that morning, the unit carried out a search, […]
Also in court, twenty-seven year old Bert Vasquez was arraigned on three counts; Aggravated Assault, Abduction and Harm upon a sixteen year old minor. Late in the hearing, Vasquez requested that the media be barred out of the session, saying that he cannot allow any further damage to his reputation, claiming he is being framed. […]
A team from the Gang Suppression Unit carried out a surprise raid at the house of Mike Menjivar, the well known owner of La Cabana Bar in Belmopan looking for illegal items. It started before dawn and continued all day. A shoot-out ensued, Menjivar and his wife were held inside their house, but their three […]
As we said, at about six this evening, Menjivar was finally taken to the police station for processing. His attorney, Arthur Saldivar told News Five that the house was completely ransacked and that Menjivar was injured. Arthur Saldivar, Attorney “All rooms, all rooms in a whole has been shot up. There are bullet holes in […]
Burglaries of churches are becoming frequent. In the most recent case Pastor Arturo Mendez, of Paraiso Village in the northernmost district, reports that the Penial Presbyterian Church located in the Ramirez Layout Area of Corozal Town was vandalized. The thieves made off with an assortment of furniture and electronic items that are worth over twelve […]
There’s a disturbing report coming from the Corozal District that two women were badly beaten by the cops. According to a relative of the victims, Maity Garcia and Yorhemi Monima, got into an argument near the Police Station and the cops intervened. But instead of breaking up the confrontation, the officers allegedly attacked the women. […]
A report in the Honduran press says that the Crime Investigation Unit of Honduras is investigating the twin engine plane used in the biggest drug bust in Belize. The Beach craft is in the custody of the Belize Defence Force but, as we reported at the time of the raid, it is eerily similar to […]
A Belizean is in major trouble across the border. Forty-two year old Argimiro Leiva has been arrested along with two Mexican nationals following an armed robbery on Wednesday morning at Aimee jewelry store in downtown Chetumal. The Mexican cops have recovered most of the loot; a whopping three hundred and forty thousand dollars in jewelry […]
On this side of the border, a cop is also in trouble with the law. The police sergeant was detained on Wednesday for counterfeit US currency and after questioning, he was allowed back to his desk. According to his attorney, Simeon Sampson, the accused officer called him this afternoon saying, that the Police Department has […]
Earlier we told you about a cop that is facing charges for counterfeit currency, well at about two o’clock this afternoon, police conducted at the house of David Sedacey. They found a stash of fake US hundred dollar notes; a hundred and fifty in all. Sedacey has been charged with Possession of counterfeit notes. And […]
Tonight Belize City police have one of their own in detention after he was busted with sixteen thousand U.S counterfeit notes. The thirty nine year old Sergeant, who is attached to the Special Branch, went to the Belize Bank on Coney Drive to make a deposit. The incident happened at around ten forty-five this morning […]
A maroon Mitsubishi car with Guatemalan license plate appeared suspicious to Cayo cops. The car was intercepted on the Benque Viejo Road in San Ignacio Town. It was driven by thirty year old Joseph Budna, a freelance reporter of the DFC area of San Pedro, who you may recall facilitated the release of Belizean, Dennis […]
Today three members of the top level management of the Maya Belize Recycling Company were before to the courts to answer to criminal and immigration charges. Manager of the company, thirty five year old Juan Carlos Cuellar, along with director, thirty four year old Wilfredo Cocom and Supervisor Lina Lino were jointly charged with four […]
Last week Friday, the P.M. introduced a slew of controversial; some would say draconian, anti-crime legislation in the House of Representatives to address the deepening crisis in law enforcement. This week, the Police Ministry reacted with a release claiming that crime had actually dropped by seven percent this year compared to the same period last […]
Everyone agrees that something has to be done to rein in crime, but there is mixed reaction on sweeping constitutional amendments proposed by Prime Minister Dean Barrow in the House last Friday. The preventative detention bill has been especially controversial because some believe that giving the cops authority to detain persons for up to twenty-one […]
There’s good news and bad news out of Chicago. First to the bad, a Belizean who got mixed up in the drug trade became the victim of a kidnapping and a cruel beating back in 2006. According to an article on the Indiana Post-Tribune website, the case began in the U.S. District Court in Hammond […]
A day before the traffic fatality involving Ariel Rosado, there was another loss of life. Dwight Warrior was executed while he was in a van along with two friends. One bullet caught him in the head. His family and friends are at a loss as to who would want the young man dead. News Five’s […]
Kenroy Young was once the UN Youth Ambassador, but he is also distinguishing himself as a career criminal. Since 2008, he has been in court on several theft related charges and currently has a case of forgery pending in the Supreme Court. Today, the twenty-two year old added one more offense to his growing rap […]
There are reports coming out of Cayo of a stabbing incident involving Nelson Pinelo. Police have not reported it in the daily blotter, but Pinelo is said to have been at a party when an uninvited guest crashed the gathering on the Bullet Tree Road. The party crasher left, but returned and allegedly stabbed Pinelo […]
