A youth was shot and killed and a boy, just nine years old, was seriously wounded as they stood next to each other in Unitedville on Monday night. It happened about a minute’s walk from the youth’s house. News Five’s Marion Ali went out west today to find out how the eighteen-year-old lost his life […]
In the north, a woman is in police custody, pending further investigation into what police believe is a case of arson in San Jose Village. On Sunday night, a fire broke inside the house of Jose Juchim, who left his house after an altercation with his common-law wife, Flora Bull. Assistant Commissioner of Police Joseph […]
The area surrounding Holy Emmanuel Street, known as Gungulung, has seen its share of gang violence over the years. The neighborhood, otherwise known as Backa-Lands, is one of several designated hotspots in Belize City under the current state of emergency. Several active gang members from that location are presently incarcerated at the Belize Central Prison. […]
Notwithstanding its designation as a problem area for the police department, several outreach programs are being rolled out in Gungulung. According to Doctor Rosado, Regional Commander of Eastern Division, residents are the most important stakeholders in those embattle communities. Dr. Richard Rosado, Regional Commander, Eastern Division “We have a number of initiatives that we […]
Could the police have prevented the death of Angela Rodriguez during an attack last Monday? Family members are saying that her death could have been averted if police had detained Mercerdez Pais, who reportedly gave a statement about a premeditated attack on his common-law wife, Roxana Garcia. Last Monday, Pais attacked Garcia, Emerita Flores and […]
It was a relatively quiet weekend as there were no shooting incidents recorded over the last few days, but there were a number of property crimes in the west. On Saturday morning, “Love Town” smoothie shop on Savannah Street in San Ignacio Town was targeted by armed robbers. The thieves forced the owner to the […]
Thieves also targeted the Caribbean Tires in the Spanish Lookout community. But they didn’t get far, as residents who responded managed to capture the suspects before the police arrived to take them into custody. Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero, Deputy Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch “Police responded to a burglary at Caribbean Tire. Upon arrival, […]
Two suspects are being sought in the murder of Angel Chimal in Corozal. Last Thursday, officers responded to a call from the Chimal home in the Finca Solana area. Guadalupe Chimal showed police the lifeless body of her husband, Angel, who was lying face up with a large open wound to his body. Here’s an […]
ACP Joseph Myvett this afternoon told the media about the police department having arrested a number of persons at gambling houses in the city. According to the police, sets of people had been hosting gambling events at two locations in Belize City. Over the weekend, after a month of surveillance, police carried out operations that […]
A little over fifty gang members were picked up by a state of emergency put in place by the Briceño Administration to curb the recent spike in gun violence in urban Belize District. But as we found out today, Assistant Commissioner of Police Joseph Myvett says that the department is actively seeking several others who […]
A woman from Cayo has died after being beaten with a metal rod during a frenzied attack at a home in San Ignacio on Monday. Today, police charged fifty-nine-year-old Mercerdez Pais for the crime of murder after Angela Flores died from her injuries. Reports are that Pais and his common-law wife Roxana Garcia got into […]
In a bizarre twist to the story, prior to the killing, Pais had gone to the home of Cayo broadcasting personality Kent Pandy and asked him to record a statement he wanted to make. Pandy did so, but as the details of what Pais planned to do became clear, Pandy tried to dissuade Pais and […]
There was an apparent murder in Corozal on Thursday night, but so far police have no leads. Officers responded to a call from the Chimal home in the Finca Solana area. Guadalupe Chimal showed police the lifeless body of her husband, Angel, who was lying face up with a large open wound to his body. […]
The family of David Castillo is frustrated that five days after his remains were found, they are still unable to bury their loved one. Castillo went missing on the night of August twelfth after he left a fast food shop, located just a short distance from his house on Faber’s Road. His remains were found […]
The investigation into the murders of police officer Arilee Young and her teenage daughter is already wrapping up. The probe into the double murder and suicide on Fourth Street last Saturday has determined that the thirty-seven-year-old mother of two was shot and killed, along with Sherana Cardenas, by twenty-six-year-old Robert Glen Perriott. Despite both families […]
A funeral service for thirty-seven-year-old Arilee Young, the police officer who was shot and killed by her boyfriend last Friday, will be held on August twenty-seventh at the Santa Elena Cemetery. The memorial mass for the slain cop will fall within the existing COVID regulations which means that the pageantry that traditionally accompanies the interment […]
Police have made arrests in two of the shocking child rape cases this week. A twenty-year-old from San Pedro, Alejandro Choc has been charged with two counts of rape of a child for an incident that occurred on the island on Saturday. They have also arrested thirty-two-year-old Jeffrey Daniel Gillett and charge him with two […]
This afternoon, News Five spoke with Belize’s Ambassador to Mexico, Oscar Arnold, about the fatal shooting near Cancun on Monday. Arnold says that official details from Mexican authorities have not confirmed the identity of the victim. But here in Belize, the news spread as condolences were offered to a family in Corozal who were reporting […]
From what the Ambassador says, there may have been another Belizean death on Tuesday night, also at the entrance to Cancun. In our exclusive interview with Ambassador Oscar Arnold, he confirmed that there was a shootout between law enforcement and gunmen. One person was mortally wounded, two were injured and two others have been detained. […]
Commissioner of Police Chester Williams also confirmed that a Belizean national was indeed shot and killed in Mexico on Tuesday night. While he did not go into much detail, the ComPol alluded to what appears to be a drug deal gone bad. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “We have gotten that information as well […]
Earlier today, there was talk about a suspected drug plane plunging into the waters near Saint George’s Caye on Tuesday evening. In fact, a breaking news item was published online regarding the so-called incident. When we followed up on the story this morning, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams informed that a team from the Belize […]
A state of emergency encompassing ten hotspots in Belize City is nearing the end of its first week. As many as forty individuals are on lockdown at the Belize Central Prison, believed to be affiliated with various gangs that have been feuding with each other over the past two months. According to the Commissioner of […]
In defending the government’s decision to proceed with a state of emergency, Home Affairs Minister Kareem Musa says that it is the last resort, considering all previous efforts to bring the warring factions to a ceasefire. Ironically, S.O.E.s were criticized by Musa when his party was in opposition a year ago. Isani Cayetano “How […]
We start off tonight’s newscast with the terrible news of sexual assaults upon three minors in Belize City, San Pedro Town and Belmopan. They are all separate incidents which occurred over the last seventy-two hours reported to the Belize Police Department. In two of the incidents, the alleged perpetrators have been detained by police pending […]
There has been widespread condemnation on social media as the victims were assaulted by people they and their families know and trusted – and not strangers. C.E.O. Santos says that the abuse of our children cuts across all sectors of society and requires constant vigilance. Tanya Santos, C.E.O., Ministry of Families “Abuse of our […]
