And there is a development in the investigations into Aubrey Lopez’ murder. Lopez was gunned down at around eleven on Wednesday night in the vicinity of Prince Street by a group of men who had commandeered the car he was driving. News Five understands that the five men who stole the blue Nissan Altima car […]
Twenty-four hours after the murder of Aubrey Lopez, another homicide took place not far away in the area of the Swing Bridge. The latest victim in the murder capital is a minor from Hattieville who was chopped to death while on his way home from a popular Belize City nightspot. News Five’s Isani Cayetano spoke […]
An ex-cop, who is now employed at Boundaries Store in Orange Walk, was stabbed six times this morning by a man who was reportedly trying to steal shoes. Roman Canul was rushed to Belize City for surgery at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after he confronted the would-be thief and was brutally attacked in the […]
An attempted robbery was reported this afternoon at the Texaco Service Station near the Bel-China Bridge. The incident happened around four-fifteen as gas attendants went about their work. The two assailants did not enter the food mart, nor did they get away with anything, but they did unleash gunshots. Police visited the gas station and […]
Four men including a minor will be arraigned before the magistrate’s court in San Ignacio on Monday following arrests in connection with the Mother’s Day murder of Chinese national Zhen Zhennong in Santa Elena. This afternoon San Ignacio police jointly charged eighteen year old Anthony Dennison, twenty year old Denfield Tasher Jr., twenty nine year […]
The undeterred murder rampage on Belize City streets hit home for one politician whose family tonight is coping with the loss of their son. The shocking news spread early this morning that thirty year old Aubrey Lopez, the son of Belmopan Mayor, Simeon Lopez, was gunned down execution style on Wednesday night inside a car […]
On Tuesday, Cabinet admitted that crime has reached crisis proportion and that the behavior of rogue cops had contributed to the loss of confidence in the police department. Opposition Leader John Briceño says that government is stating the obvious. Along with two ultimatums, Briceño gave some indication of what his party would do to address […]
The People’s United Party also called for the removal of Carlos Perdomo as Minister of National Security and says structural changes within the top brass of the Police Department are urgently needed. John Briceño, Leader of the Opposition “When you start to lose confidence in, in an organization, like in this case in the issue […]
A post mortem examination has been conducted on the body of twenty six year old Zhennong Zhen. According to Doctor Mario Estradabran, the cause of death is Exsanguinations. The gunshot wound to the chest injured the aorta which caused internal and external bleeding. On Mother’s Day after ten p.m., Zhennong and her husband were inside […]
For months complaints of brutality and even murder against cops have gone unheeded, but with public outrage at an all time high, there is now a rush to make arrests. It is reported that as many as six officers are being questioned after gunmen opened fire on the Western Highway checkpoint over the weekend. One […]
There are two reported cases of human trafficking of minors. In the first case, a fifteen year old girl was being kept against her will in Bullet Tree Falls. According to the police in San Ignacio, the young girl was allegedly being abused and exploited at the Riverside Bar and forced to work at the […]
If the information about rogue cops has you spinning, well government is acknowledging that crime has reached crisis proportions. Last week, Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers convened an anti-crime prevention summit in Belize City as a CITCO effort; the jury is still out on whether or not that will be met with success. But we do […]
A lone gunman fired a barrage of bullets at a house on Boots Crescent this morning. And whether he was simply sending a message or targeting someone, a teenage girl was injured in the process. Fourteen year old Alondra Trapp was in the living room of her home when she heard the shots. Trapp soon […]
A daring robbery took place early this morning, soon after the Bowen and Bowen Distribution Centre opened for business. The armed and masked robbers sat in a waiting car outside and struck shortly after eight o’clock. They had apparently plotted their moves with precision since security had not kicked in yet and they seemed to […]
Arthur Young, a man wanted by Belize police was caught in neighboring Chetumal over the weekend. Young was intercepted by Mexican Federales at the Chetumal Airport as he was attempting to board a seven-fifty a.m. flight to Mexico City, using a forged passport on which officials noted irregularities. Young was going by the name Edward […]
Since December of last year, five persons have been victims of police shootings. The most incident occurred on Sunday evening in Caye Caulker Village when thirty one year old Alex Goff was shot dead in the Police cell block. Last December, when Christopher Galvez was killed, a Corporal was fingered as one of the key […]
Just over a year a half ago, Zhen Zhennong, and her family moved to Santa Elena from the People’s Republic of China in search of a better life. But instead, her life ended tragically on Mother’s Day when she was shot dead at her restaurant. The twenty-seven year old mother was murdered when three minors […]
Cayo police had their hands full on Sunday in the west. In addition to the murder on Sunday night, earlier in the morning two bodies were found in the district. Police have detained four men for questioning. They are: thirty four year old Victor Vargas, twenty three year old Selvin Coronado, twenty-seven year old Manuel […]
Earlier we reported on questionable killings of civilians while in police custody. Well reliable information reaching News Five is that the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has instructed police to charge two of their own with Manslaughter in the death of Jamaican national, fifty four year old O’Neil Jones. Jones shot on February twelfth […]
It is still not confirmed what will happen to a forty foot container that arrived in Belize in April containing an illicit substance chemical used to manufacture methamphetamine or crystal meth. The container’s final destination was a business named Gina and Angel in the Commercial Free Zone in Corozal, but despite strenuous attempts by attorneys […]
Twenty-two year old Jose Malgar was one of five inmates who orchestrated a prison break on the night of April twenty-seventh. But it seems Malgar didn’t go very far because on Sunday night he was caught by prison officials at a house in the Hattieville area. While Malgar is back inside a prison cell, fellow […]
The police check point at the Belizean Beach entrance at mile four on the Western Highway came under fire on Sunday night. A police constable from the Criminal Investigations Branch was stationed at the booth along with two B.D.F. soldiers, Privates Julian Coc and Fidelio Canti. At a quarter to two that morning a hail […]
There was much more violence over the weekend in murder capital, Belize City. Fortunately, none of the shootings were fatal but one teen was injured in the leg. Yearwood provided details of those three incidents. Fitzroy Yearwood, Police Pres Officer “The first one was on Friday the seventh of May at about ten p.m. C.I.B. […]
Arthur Young, who was wanted for questioning in relation to an incident in Ladyville, has been caught. Two days ago Young was intercepted after he crossed the Northern Border with a fake Belizean passport. Corozal police have confirmed the incident and say he has been handed over to the Belize City police. It is not […]
A resident of the Salvapan Area in Belmopan is hospitalized after a brutal attack on Wednesday night. Thirty-three year old Sebastian Ico was out socializing and police believe he may have gotten into a confrontation before heading home. On his way home at around ten p.m. Ico was wounded, presumably with a machete, on Panama […]
