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Two cousins, who have been accused of the murder of a Mahogany Heights man, were taken to court this morning. The two, twenty-four year old Kenrick Parham and eighteen year old Derrick Parham, are facing the murder charges following the fatal stabbing of Orlando Montero on July tenth. Montero, a logger and ex B.D.F. soldier, […]
Written on July 16, 2008 | Posted in
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Police have confirmed that a Honduran national whose body was found in the waters of the Placencia Peninsula, was indeed murdered. A post mortem examination conducted on the body of thirty-four year old Jose Antonio Nixolio Lazo has revealed that the man died of stab wounds. Sources tell News Five that Lazo was apparently stabbed […]
Written on July 16, 2008 | Posted in
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The fate of three Belizean security guards of the Commercial Free Zone’s Las Vegas Casino and their American employer deteriorated today when they were slapped with criminal charges in neighbouring Chetumal for a shooting incident that occurred on the Belize side of the border. The Mexican authorities have added the serious charges of Attempted Murder, […]
Written on July 15, 2008 | Posted in
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Placencia police suspect foul play was involved in the death of a man whose partially decomposed body was retrieved this morning from the waters near the Placencia peninsula. Reports reaching News Five say that police recovered the body of thirty-four year old Honduran, Nixolio Lazo around seven-thirty this morning at the entrance of the Sunset […]
Written on July 15, 2008 | Posted in
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Twenty-three year old Leon Walford was charged with Attempted Murder and denied bail when he appeared today in Magistrates’ Court. The charges relate to the stabbing of twenty-nine year old Cedrick Martinez which occurred around one-twenty-four a.m. on Sunday. Martinez, a resident of Bocotora Street, reported to the police that he was standing at the […]
Written on July 15, 2008 | Posted in
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A sexual assault report resulted in the arrest today of thirty-three year old Gilbert Blanco, an employee of Belize Waste Control. A twenty-one year old woman of Kut Avenue reported to police that in the wee hours of Monday morning she was rudely awakened by a hand caressing her buttocks. Her crafty assailant was apparently […]
Written on July 15, 2008 | Posted in
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Police have one of two men in custody for Thursday night’s murder of thirty-two year old Orlando Montero, whose body was found at Mahogany Heights where he resides. Montero met his death soon after he exited a bus in which his assailants were also traveling. Police Press Officer, Clement Palacio, updated the media on the […]
Written on July 14, 2008 | Posted in
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The casinos at the Corozal Free Zone are popular gambling hangouts for nationals of both sides of the northern border and normally operate trouble free. But on Saturday night patrons were caught in the crossfire between a group of young Mexican nationals and the security team at the Las Vegas Casino. One person was injured […]
Written on July 14, 2008 | Posted in
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Police have come one step closer to solving what is now the death of Myrtle Gill who disappeared from the private island, Brown’s Caye, on or about July fourth, the date on which forensic tests show, she could have met her death. The fate of her boyfriend Earl Young Crawford is still unknown. Jose Sanchez […]
Written on July 14, 2008 | Posted in
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A case of rape has been brought to Dangriga police, which purportedly happened over the weekend. It involves a fifty-six year old woman, who reported to the police that at about ten o’clock on Saturday morning she was on Melinda Road heading to her house in the Long Bank area, she was approached by a […]
Written on July 14, 2008 | Posted in
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Police have not yet made any arrests in connection with two separate stabbings over the weekend that have left two men injured. One of the incidents occurred at a night spot that is known for violent outbreaks. While he was stabbed several times, twenty-four year old Adrian Thompson, is thankful tonight as he was released […]
Written on July 14, 2008 | Posted in
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Courtrooms are normally the place where people who are wronged seek justice. But over the weekend, the Belmopan Court located at the market square in the nation’s capital, was targeted by burglars. This morning when staff showed up for work at the court building they discovered that thieves broke into their office and helped themselves […]
Written on July 14, 2008 | Posted in
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In more news from the courts, a fifteen year old has pleaded guilty to Burglary. The teen and his twelve year old brother appeared in Family Court this morning to answer to the charges, but the younger sibling did not follow his brother’s lead and instead pleaded not guilty to the same offence. Magistrate Natalia […]
Written on July 11, 2008 | Posted in
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In news from the west, police report that Cayo Cable Vision on Burns Avenue in San Ignacio was jacked. Manager Yesenia Romero reports that she left the C.C.V. offices on Wednesday shortly after five o’clock p.m. and when she returned to work on Thursday morning, found that it had been burglarised. According to Romero, the […]
Written on July 11, 2008 | Posted in
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There is an allegation of rape coming out of Orange Walk Town. An eighteen year old female reported to police that around midnight on Thursday she went to La Enramada Hotel on Cristock Street with Leopoldo Molina, a Salvadoran national resident of San Felipe Village. The teen claims that the forty-one year old man then […]
Written on July 11, 2008 | Posted in
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The mysterious disappearance of a couple from a private island over the past weekend is still baffling police and family members. There are still no suspects and no established motives but the scene of the crime suggests that the day the couple disappeared, was an ordinary day in their life. Jose Sanchez has a detailed […]
Written on July 10, 2008 | Posted in
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Police have had better luck in the weekend murder of a Cristo Rey couple. Two teens have been arrested and charged in that sensational case. They are Fifteen year old Jodean Vidal of Santa Elena and seventeen year old Michael Lamb of Cristo Rey Road, who have been charged with two counts of Murder. The […]
Written on July 10, 2008 | Posted in
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There have been robberies at unusual places and yesterday afternoon’s robbery at the Animal Medical Center at the corner of Castle and Lancaster Street proved to be no less odd. Michael Deshield, Veterinarian and owner of the clinic told us about the ordeal he, his staff and customers experienced at the hands of robbers masked […]
Written on July 10, 2008 | Posted in
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Police have no leads yet in the mysterious disappearance of a couple who went to work on a small island over the weekend. The only sign so far are blood stains and a knife found in the house they occupied. Jose Sanchez has been following the story all day. Jose Sanchez, Reporting A couple has […]
Written on July 9, 2008 | Posted in
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There is news tonight of a disturbing incident in which suspected Guatemalan bandits held up a B.D.F. soldier and several park rangers. The incident in question occurred over two months ago, on May first at the observation post near the Xuanatunich Maya site and has just been reported. According to information obtained by News Five, […]
Written on July 9, 2008 | Posted in
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There are no arrests as yet in the murder of Dona and Michael Hill, but police have recovered the couple’s stolen Toyota Hilux. The pick-up was discovered about a mile off the Cristo Rey Road in Santa Elena. Sometime between Saturday night and Sunday, the Hills were attacked at their home in Cristo Rey Village […]
Written on July 9, 2008 | Posted in
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In news from the police, a Cayo resident, who along with this family spent a week in San Pedro, returned to their home in San Ignacio to find that it had been burglarized. Christopher Marcial Tzib reported to the police that his house, located on Swallow Street, had been robbed during the period June twenty-ninth […]
Written on July 8, 2008 | Posted in
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It is fifth murder to occur in the last five days in the Cayo District. And the latest gruesome murder of a couple involved in the real estate business is sending shock waves paralyzing the communities in the western part of Belize where a gang of marauding gunmen appears to be operating lawlessly. The murder […]
Written on July 7, 2008 | Posted in
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Cayo police got a lucky break over the weekend when they intercepted a vehicle and prevented the commission of a robbery. Acting on a tip they received, San Ignacio police stopped a grey four-door Honda occupied by three teens. A search of the young men led to the discovery of two pairs of latex gloves, […]
Written on July 7, 2008 | Posted in
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The theft of Belize’s archaeological treasures is nothing new, but the incident that occurred over the weekend took place not at a Mayan temple, but rather a Toledo museum. On Sunday police visited the Museum at the Lubaantun Archaeology site in San Pedro, Columbia where they found that a burglar bar had been pried open […]
Written on July 7, 2008 | Posted in
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