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A customer service representative was shot on Monday morning, shortly after midnight as he was socializing with a group of men on Bocotora Street here in Belize City. Cory Popper was struck once to his body when someone from inside a black, four-door pickup took aim at them with a firearm. Multiple shots were fired, […]
Written on March 8, 2022 | Posted in
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Fifty-four-year-old Ermin Basto was seriously injured on Sunday afternoon in Xaibe Village when he was allegedly chopped during an altercation with another individual. The incident took place on an unnamed street within the village. It is reported that Eulogio Nah Jr., who is on the run from police, inflicted the machete wound on Basto. […]
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A Belize City resident is lucky to have escaped grave injuries when he was fired upon by an unknown assailant as he stood near a grocery store on Freetown Road. The incident happened on Saturday night and has left Charles Reid recovering from gunshot wounds he received during the attack. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood “Sometime […]
Written on March 8, 2022 | Posted in
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A Gulf Stream jet, laden with an unknown quantity of cocaine, touched down in a remote area of the country in the wee early hours this morning. The Joint Intelligence Operations Center was notified of a flight pattern originating in South America that indicated that the aircraft was headed to Belize. Immediately, law enforcement teams […]
Written on March 4, 2022 | Posted in
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According to ComPol Williams, the responding officers were once again met with spikes that punctured their vehicle tires. While a Mexican air asset was aloft, the coast guard vessel that was dispatched to the location did not arrive in time to intercept the fleeing go-fast boats. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police, B.P.D. “We had […]
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The aircraft landed successfully on a marshy island and is intact; however, removing it from the location, says the Commissioner of Police, will be a challenge. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police, B.P.D. “Through J.I.O.C., coast guard assistance was requested because the information was relayed by the Mexican air assets. We knew then that it […]
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A trio of men, including two police officers, assigned to the security detail at the recent CARICOM/SICA Summit in San Pedro has been remanded to the Belize Central Prison after they were arrested for discharging firearms in the vicinity of Grand Caribe. It happened in the small hours of Wednesday morning when a sergeant and […]
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Tonight we hear from the sister of Andre Sanker. Eighteen-year-old Sanker was seriously injured during a shooting in Corozal on Wednesday night. The situation is very real and frightening for the entire family and more so for Marlyn Galvez because the incident happened on her birthday. So what triggered the gun violence? Galvez says that […]
Written on March 4, 2022 | Posted in
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Andre Sanker was struck to the back and was transported to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in a critical condition. He has since been stabilized, but he is still not out of harm’s way. This morning, when we spoke with his sister Marlyn Galvez, we got an update on his prognosis. She says that her […]
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There were two murders reported overnight – one in Belize City and the other in the Japan area of Ladyville. While unrelated, these incidents occurred within an hour of each other. It is not known what really transpired inside a house in the village, but around seven-thirty p.m., shots rang out and one friend had […]
Written on March 3, 2022 | Posted in
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Shortly after eight p.m. on Wednesday, a volley of gunshots disturbed the silence near Sister Cecilia’s Home for the Elderly. When the gunfire subsided, a waterfront worker laid motionless on Wilson Street and not far away from his bullet-riddled body was the bicycle he was riding. Investigators are still trying to piece together what led […]
Written on March 3, 2022 | Posted in
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There was also gun violence up north, in Corozal Town. Three friends: Andre Sanker, Leonardo Acosta, and Ainsworth Matura were accosted by a gunman just before eleven o’clock on Wednesday night. The assailant reportedly walked up to them and fired several shots. Eighteen-year-old Sanker was hit multiple times. He was rushed to the Corozal Community […]
Written on March 3, 2022 | Posted in
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The lifting of the curfew was long-awaited freedom that some thought came months late. But along with that freedom others fear that there will be an increase of gun violence during those quiet hours when all we heard were dogs barking after midnight. But Minister of Home Affairs Kareem Musa says that the police department […]
Written on March 1, 2022 | Posted in
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For some time now, the Belize Police Department has been monitoring this illegal activity and in some cases, like this incident, they have been able to intercept the perpetrators before they escaped with the stolen vehicle into neighbouring Guatemala. These thefts, however, have been happening in the west and as far east as Belmopan. With […]
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A home invasion on Sunday morning in Hattieville has left a woman, her tenant, and her granddaughter traumatized after armed thieves got into their house. They were tied up and gagged before the armed men escaped with cash, jewelry, and a 2014 Toyota Hilux. Still shaken by the ordeal, Lauramay Mortis gave News Five’s Duane […]
Written on February 28, 2022 | Posted in
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On Saturday, Belizean boat captain Jose Luis Eguizbal was approximately three miles from the English Channel when he was approached by a vessel carrying four men. They all produced firearms and proceeded to rob him of eight hundred dollars in lobster, five thousand and five hundred dollars in conch, thirty six gallons of fuel, and […]
Written on February 28, 2022 | Posted in
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A shooting incident in the vicinity of Lakeview Street over the weekend has left Leonardo Castro recovering from injuries he received during the attack. According to the victim, he was at a residence through a nearby alley on Friday evening when he came under gunfire from an unknown assailant. Earlier today, Assistant Superintendent Fitzroy Yearwood […]
Written on February 28, 2022 | Posted in
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Police are investigating the murder of Jose Guzman, whose decomposing body was discovered on Wednesday morning with a gunshot injury. But, News Five is being told that leads have been hard to come by because the twenty-five-year-old had a mental condition and was not a violent person. It’s been a difficult time for his family […]
Written on February 25, 2022 | Posted in
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The Police are asking for help in identifying the body of a man found on Wednesday morning in an area behind the Belize Port Authority. The John Doe has a tattoo with the name “Desiree” on one arm. Police were called to the scene after a report made by a fisherman in the area and […]
Written on February 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Two drug planes in less than twenty-four hours land in Belize and the illicit cargo is whisked away. On Tuesday’s newscast, we reported on the drug plane that crash landed up north around three a.m. that morning. It was one of two tracks that were being monitored by Belize law enforcement overnight. But last night, […]
Written on February 23, 2022 | Posted in
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As to the plane that landed up north on Tuesday morning. ComPol Chester Williams confirmed that the aircraft landed in Fireburn Village in the Orange Walk District. And as it would appear, the narco-traffickers have become crafty in carrying out their illegal activities. Spikes were laid across the road to prevent the responding officers from […]
Written on February 23, 2022 | Posted in
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Are locals playing a more integral role in the illegal landing of these drug planes? Rather than just clearing out the area ahead of the landing, they may be facilitating the moving of the cargo across the border. According to ComPol Chester Williams, there are a number of narco-traffickers known to police, who live in […]
Written on February 23, 2022 | Posted in
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Back in December, the Security Services Commission gave its approval for Assistant Commissioner of Police Marco Vidal to be suspended for sixty days with pay as they did an investigation into his administrative misconduct. This was after several members of the Commander of Operations Strike Team, came under suspicion for possible involvement in the November […]
Written on February 23, 2022 | Posted in
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A high level meeting was held to strengthen the Central America Justice and Security Sector capacities to effectively prevent, identify and prosecute cybercrime. Recently, legislation was tabled to address cybercrimes in Belize following many incidents of cyber bullying and defamation by way of social media platforms. At today’s event, held by the United Nations Office […]
Written on February 23, 2022 | Posted in
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While the Belize Police Department received a virtual forensic laboratory to assist in combating cybercrimes, as we found out today from Kareem Musa, specialised units within the department have been using body cameras for some time now while performing their duties. The Home Affairs Minister says that it provides a different perspective when there are […]
Written on February 23, 2022 | Posted in
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