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A weed seller who migrated from Supal Street to Gungulung was executed on Monday night by someone familiar to him. It is believed that the murder of Darrel Alvarez was the result of an altercation earlier in the day over monies owed to him for the sale of marijuana. When he stepped out of his […]
Written on June 28, 2022 | Posted in
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Life in prison for twenty-seven-year-old Noe Gonzalez after pleading guilty to the murder of Ramon Cervantes Senior in July 2014. The seventy-one-year-old was killed and disposed of in a shallow grave in the Honey Camp area of Orange Walk District. Gonzalez’s accomplices, those who were arrested and charged along with him, also pleaded guilty to […]
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A trio of men, including Oscar Caretella, Dennis Matus and Rene Zetina, has been arrested and charged for the offense of kept firearm without a gun license and kept ammunition without a gun license. The men were busted on Sunday night by police on mobile patrol on Figaro Street in San Ignacio. They were traveling […]
Written on June 28, 2022 | Posted in
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How much does relapsing into crime occur in Belize? And how much of it has to do with the treatment from people in the justice system, law enforcement and rehabilitation? That’s what is currently under research in Belize. Doctor Terrence Alladin is here from Lebanon Valley College in Pennsylvania, U.S.A. and today he made a […]
Written on June 28, 2022 | Posted in
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It’s another heartbreaking story of domestic violence that gripped the nation over the weekend. A thirty-five-year-old mother from Santa Familia Village is dead. Ima Landero was allegedly killed by forty-seven-year-old Augustine Gonzalez, the father of her two children, in a fit of jealous rage. The incident happened inside Legends Night Club in San Ignacio while […]
Written on June 27, 2022 | Posted in
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According to Police, Gonzalez was hospitalized and treated for the self-inflicted stab wounds. He was later handed over to police and subsequently charged for the murder of Ima Landero. A.S.P. Fitzroy Yearwood told reporters what police investigations have revealed to date. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications Director, Belize Police Department “Sometime around twelve fifty eight […]
Written on June 27, 2022 | Posted in
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Meanwhile, in Ladyville, a father of two very young children was shot dead in the Milpa Extension area in the wee early hours of Saturday morning. Residents in the area reported hearing three gunshots – something that is nothing strange in that community, but when Police responded, they found out that someone had been murdered. […]
Written on June 27, 2022 | Posted in
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Another murder was recorded in Belize City this morning. That’s four murders in the Old Capital in exactly one week. Just after six a.m. today on Heart Street in the Saint Martin’s area, a single gunshot rang out. Residents would later exit their homes to find taxi operator Paul Panton drenched in his own blood […]
Written on June 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Twenty-six-year-old Jordan Bradley, a resident of 4th Street in King’s Park, lost his life in a drive-by shooting on Wednesday evening. He was at a yard on 11th Street when a pair of gunmen alighted a Dodge Caravan and let loose a hail of bullets at several persons who were gathered at that location. Bradley […]
Written on June 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Belize City police have arrested and charged Shemar Nunez in connection with the Father’s Day murder of Benjamin Hyde Sr. The forty-nine-year-old was gunned down as he rode a bicycle near the corners of East Canal and King Street on Sunday. In the wake of the incident, the police department has increased its presence on […]
Written on June 24, 2022 | Posted in
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And while these recent incidents may not all be related, there is concern over citizen security. Communications Director of the Belize Police Department, Assistant Superintendent Fitzroy Yearwood says that since the murder of Benjamin Hyde Senior on Sunday, June nineteenth, the department has stepped up its patrols across the city. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications […]
Written on June 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Thirty-four-year- old Alberto Espinoza, a coast guard officer from Trial Farm Village, Orange Walk, allegedly stabbed his step daughter, eighteen- year- old Daxia Martinez, following a verbal altercation on Tuesday evening. Espinoza is now on the run from police. According to Captain Elton Bennett, the Commandant of the Belize Coast Guard, Espinoza has been absent […]
Written on June 24, 2022 | Posted in
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The spate of gun violence in Belize City continues unabated, despite the efforts of the Leadership Intervention Unit and the Belize Police Department to keep the peace among feuding gangs. While much of that effort has been placed in the Rocky Road neighborhood, following the murder of Benjamin Hyde Sr., there seems to be another […]
Written on June 23, 2022 | Posted in
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As the family of Benjamin Hyde Senior mourns his death, the Belize Police Department remains in high gear, patrolling the streets of Belize City, particularly the neighborhood on the south side that includes Rocky Road. There are serious concerns of retaliation following the weekend murder of Benjamin Hyde Sr. The forty-nine-year-old was by no means […]
Written on June 22, 2022 | Posted in
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On Tuesday afternoon, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams visited the community where he met with relatives of Benjamin Hyde Senior. While the ComPol has gone on record to categorically state that he no longer negotiates with criminal elements, the bad blood in that neighborhood prompted an outreach. According to the top cop, all efforts have […]
Written on June 22, 2022 | Posted in
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There was a murder in Belize City on Sunday and tonight police in the Old Capital are bracing for reprisal, as the shooting victim is the son of a well-known street figure. Shortly before three o’clock on Father’s Day, Benjamin Hyde Sr. was making his rounds visiting his daughter’s when his life was callously taken […]
Written on June 20, 2022 | Posted in
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On Friday night, a barrage of gunshots rang out on 6th Street in front of a Chinese restaurant where two young men had gone to purchase food. It is believed that the men were trailed to that location and while waiting in their vehicle for the food to be prepared, someone opened fire on them, […]
Written on June 20, 2022 | Posted in
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Police are still looking for two men whom they believe were involved in the murder of Glenford Vernon on Thursday night. He was socializing with several others on Dolphin Avenue when a pair of men on a motorcycle arrived on the scene. This was after a verbal exchange moments earlier. Vernon, according to police, was […]
Written on June 20, 2022 | Posted in
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A well-known employee of Brodies Supermarket, here in Belize City, is dead after he was shot in the Buttonwood Bay neighborhood on Thursday night. It was routine for Glenn Vernon to meet up with his friends after work at a location on Dolphin Drive. There, they would socialize and enjoy each other’s company before going […]
Written on June 17, 2022 | Posted in
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Ian Gaynair is a well-known football player who made a name for himself with the Jaguars, Belize’s National Team. But tonight, he is not making the news for his accomplishment on the football field. Earlier today, police officers allegedly stopped Ian Gaynair in an area between San Antonio and Santa Cruz villages in the Orange […]
Written on June 17, 2022 | Posted in
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A single mother in Ladyville has been the victim of numerous break-ins at her home near Marage Road. In the wee early hours this morning, her residence was burglarized and the thief or thieves who entered her home made off with an assortment of items. Anselma Sutherland is frustrated and doesn’t know where else to […]
Written on June 17, 2022 | Posted in
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Tonight, we begin with tragic news from Belize’s culture capital. A well-known resident who was popular for music was gunned down last night on one of the busiest arteries in Dangriga, just an hour after he stood joking with his brothers near the riverside. His siblings told us earlier that he did not go looking […]
Written on June 14, 2022 | Posted in
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Shortly after Coote was shot, Dangriga police sprung into action and detained a man. As we reported, surveillance cameras captured the incident unfold. Today Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams shared with reporters what police have been able to establish so far. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “Police quick response led to the detention of […]
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The owner of a resort in San Antonio Village, Toledo was murdered on Monday. The elderly victim, seventy-year-old Kevin Brown, was discovered by his neighbours when they went to visit, but he refused to respond to the front door. Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams shared with reporters today that investigators have established what they believe […]
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Carl Reneau was executed on Faber’s Road Extension on Monday afternoon, as he rode his bicycle in the direction of Central American Boulevard. The thirty-three-year-old was shot multiple times and left for dead on the sidewalk. Despite being rushed to the K.H.M.H., Reneau expired while receiving emergency medical attention. But why was he rubbed out […]
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