Police have since issued a wanted poster for Bryan Castillo. Assistant Superintendent Fitzroy Yearwood briefed the press via zoom on police’s investigation so far. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Communication Director, Belize Police Department “Police responded to a scene on Zericote Street. This is where inside a room they found the motionless body of the females […]
There was a murder in Belize City on Sunday night. Miguel Zaiden was stabbed multiple times while he was out socializing with several others on Racecourse Street. Despite attempting to ride away on his motorcycle, Zaiden collapsed and was transported to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital where he later passed away. According to Assistant Superintendent […]
The decomposed remains of a male person was discovered in the Belize River near Iguana Creek on Saturday afternoon. The unidentified body was lodged in a bamboo patch. It has since been taken to the Central American Health Science University where a post mortem examination has been scheduled. It is the police department’s hope that […]
A mother is tonight desperately trying to find answers following the death of her son over the extended holiday weekend. Maria Rios, a resident of Rhaburn Ridge, Belize District, was expecting a visit from her son, Daniel, who had called sometime earlier on Saturday to inform that he was traveling by bus en route to […]
A retired police officer is in hot water with the department he used to serve. Police say their search of a vehicle being driven by retired police officer Inez Castillo unveiled a kilo of cocaine in the back seat. The retired officer was detained and this morning he was formally charged for the crime of […]
So, if the kilo of cocaine did not originate from the Bladden landing, where did it come from? Police believe the cocaine is a parcel from the drug plane that mysteriously disappeared off the cost of Placentia several months ago. As for Castillo, A.C.P. Grinage says he was a highly committed officer during his time […]
On Tuesday, the United Democratic Party called for the heads of Minister of Home Affairs Kareem Musa and his C.E.O. Kevin Arthur, citing that the crime rate is up. Former Police Minister and U.D.P. Chairman, Michael Peyrefitte said that Musa and Arthurs have failed to get the crime situation under control. Not one to take […]
While only ninety murders have been recorded so far for 2021, it has not been a good year for minors. In fact, nine young people under eighteen years of age have been killed in this year alone. It’s a harrowing statistic that Minister Musa and his ministry remain concerned about. Kareem Musa, Minister of […]
During an interview with the media corps this morning, Home Affairs Minister Kareem Musa broke his silence on the recent plane landing in southern Belize in Bladen Village which involved four police officers. He asserts that this type of activity involving corrupt officers is not unique to Belize; in fact, on the same night of […]
Minister Musa revealed today that the Belize Police Department has received court permission to access four cell phones recovered from the scene of the drug plane landing November fourth. The expectation is there may be valuable information to determine the extent of the involvement of officers and civilians in the illegal activity. As it is, […]
Violence continues in Mahogany Heights. Today, a gunman shot seventeen-year-old Camron Hernandez, who later died from his injuries at the Western Regional Hospital. Hernandez was reportedly en-route to a bus stop along the George Price Highway when he was ambushed. News Five was told that one shot caught Hernandez to the shoulder, while a second […]
Corporal Kareem Martinez was dismissed from the Belize Police Department a few weeks ago in connection with the shooting death of fourteen-year-old Laddie Gillett. But Martinez is taking the Police Commissioner and the Department to court over his dismissal. Today, Minister of Home Affairs Kareem Musa spoke on the topic and News Five’s Marion Ali […]
Today, the Belize Police Department destroyed twenty-five bales of cocaine confiscated during the drug bust in Bladen, Toledo District earlier this month. Eight hundred and twenty-two kilos of narcotics contained in almost seven hundred parcels were cut open, tested and then destroyed by fire. The media was once again there to witness the destruction headed […]
ACP Alford Grinage took over as Commander of National Operations after Assistant Commissioner Vidal was transferred from that post. This is because several members of his team were implicated during the drug plane landing. Eleven persons in total have been charged since then, including four police officers: Sergeant George Ferguson, Corporal Elmer Nah, and police […]
But, there is one aspect of the narco-eleven bust that U.D.P. Chairman Michael Peyrefitte says is not being talked about enough. When the initial four police officers responded to the illicit landing, they came under heavy gunfire, possibly from their own colleagues. Here is what Peyrefitte had to say at today’s U.D.P. press conference. […]
The Minister of Health and Wellness is not the only one the U.D.P. wants to see out of office. Party Chairman and U.D.P. Senator Michael Peyrefitte says the Minister of Home Affairs and his C.E.O. have got to go. Addressing the issue of crime and violence, Peyrefitte asserted that Minister Kareem Musa and C.E.O. Kevin […]
Peyrefitte, the former Minister of Police under the Barrow Administration, went on to challenge Minister Musa about the current state of affairs in the Police Department, accusing him and his C.E.O. of lacking the ideas and vision to steer the department forward. Michael Peyrefitte, Chairman, U.D.P. “This is what Kareem Musa said two years […]
On Saturday night, twenty-eight-year-old Reese Fitzgibbon was shot with a rubber bullet by police officers who stormed his residence on Supal Street in the wake of a shooting incident on Amara Avenue. He was reportedly taken into police custody after being injured and denied medical attention in the first instance. He claims that it wasn’t […]
The gun violence in Belize City continues. On Saturday night, a gunman on a motorcycle is reported to have approached a group of men on Amara Avenue and fired several shots in their direction. At least three men were hit; fortunately, no one was seriously hurt, and all were later released from the hospital. Quick […]
The Bar Association of Belize issued a statement today condemning defamatory statements on social media about the Director of Public Prosecutions Cheryl-Linn Vidal. This follows the arrest of her former security guard’s arrest in connection with a drug plane landing The Bar Association says it notes with concerned scurrilous and speculative statements that quote “are […]
The murders of twenty-seven-year-old Dennis Brown and his coworker in Burrell Boom on Thursday afternoon has stunned the entire community. Brown, an employee of Matilda’s Mini Mart, was gunned down along with twenty-one-year-old Kendra Miguel inside the store. While a motive for the deadly shooting is being investigated, police are looking at the possibility that […]
The silence along the Burrell Boom Road was shattered this afternoon when a barrage of gunshots startled residents in the vicinity of Matilda’s Mini Mart. When neighbors responded to the scene of the shooting, they were shocked to discover that both the cashier and her male coworker were motionless inside the store. In the wake […]
The Director of Prosecutions Cheryl-Lynn Vidal has issued a statement following the arrest of her former security guard, Corporal Delwin Casimiro, for drug trafficking offenses. He and three other officers were charged in connection with the landing of a drug plane earlier this month. She says she felt compelled to respond to what she termed […]
Following the arrests made in the narco plane landing in the Bladen area of Toledo on November 4th, and the confiscation of drugs and firearms, the Ministry of National Defence and Border Security has expressed its appreciation to the security forces for a job well done. According to a release from the Ministry, they are […]
Deputy Commissioner of Police Marco Vidal handed over the reins to ACP Alford Grinage, as Commander of Operations on Monday, amid the fiasco that his men have gotten themselves into with the landing of another drug plane on the Southern Highway. Among the four policemen implicated in the incident, three were under his direct control […]
