An argument on Thursday afternoon between two car washers has left one young man dead. According to a witness interviewed by News Five, Leroy McKoy and another young man were arguing near the Triple J dock on Southern Foreshore. The witness says he does not know what the argument was about but the two men […]
In the Corozal District police have charged 3 men in connection with a bizarre incident which occurred on Sunday morning. 54-year old Manuel Lin, 19-year old Eusebio Lin and a 16-year old minor, all of San Roman Village, have been charged with the crime of forcible abduction. A 25-year old woman of the village alleges […]
In last night’s newscast we reported the alleged rape of a 7-year old student. Today police have arrested and charged the child’s stepfather, 35-year old Brian Charlesworth with rape and indecent assault. It is alleged that on Wednesday afternoon, Charlesworth had sex with the child before dropping her off at school. The school warden noticed […]
Tonight, a 7-year old student lies in the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after she was sexually abused. According to Belize City Police, the girl showed up at her school on Wednesday afternoon, but immediately one of the school wardens noticed that something wrong. Initial investigations have revealed that the St. John’s Vianney student was on […]
On Wednesday, the Requena family told the media that they had called off the search for Julio Requena Junior. Today and probably in their first official announcement on the matter, the government says it will continue to look for the missing skipper and their investigations into the massacre continues. Jorge Espat, Minister of National Security […]
Two men have been arrested and charged after they allegedly attacked a man by the Boom/Hattieville Road. According to police, one Dorian Welcome reported to them on the night of June 3rd, two men: 26-year old Arthur Flowers and 33-year old Gilbert Stevens attacked him as he was leaving a party. Welcome received two stab […]
Police in Cayo continue to investigate the possible murder of a man whose body was found floating in the Mopan River. Shortly after 12:00 on Tuesday afternoon, San Ignacio Police retrieved the body of Alfredo Leiva from the river in Santa Familia Village in the Cayo district. Details remain sketchy, but police say because the […]
One more prisoner has been recaptured from Monday’s jailbreak from Hattieville. However, this time the inmate Alvin Lopez was not hiding in any bushes along the Western Highway nor brought in by any prison guards. The fugitive was handed over to the authorities by his own family. Meanwhile, 21-year old Guatemalan, Ernesto Salazar remains on […]
Tonight it appears that two of the prisoners who escaped from Hattieville early Monday morning, didn’t really want to go very far. Prison guards were on their way home just after 5:00 Monday evening and when their bus neared mile twelve and a half, officers spotted escaped prisoner Salva Carballo hiding in the foliage off […]
The flames have long been extinguished, but the speculation continues to generate heat. As investigators await the results of tests a near disaster is coming under close scrutiny. Jacqueline Woods 6 days after a fire destroyed Gaylord’s warehouse at #19 King Street, police and fire officials are still investigating to find out what started the […]
If the definition of news is an event that is out if the ordinary then the occurrence of a breakout at Hattieville prison comes perilously close to not being newsworthy. Nonetheless when word came in this morning of inmates on the loose, News Five headed up the Western Highway. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting For the second […]
Tonight police are investigating what appears to be a murder on the Northern Highway south of Orange Walk. On Saturday evening they were called to an area approximately 500 yards off the highway around mile 45 where they discovered the body of 51-year-old Victor Manuel Mejia. Mejia, a Salvadoran resident of the area, had received […]
The trail appears to be growing colder in the search for the three men who hijacked a Belizean passenger boat on Tuesday and in the process murdered 6 people. Punta Gorda Police report that they spent the day searching the area around the Sarstoon River, but found no sign of the suspects, believed to be […]
In the wake of Tuesday’s maritime massacre in the Gulf of Honduras law enforcement authorities are still looking for answers. As it now stands eight of the 12 passengers who boarded the boat “Mariestela” in Puerto Barrios have been accounted for. 5 are confirmed dead, 3 positively identified. They are Belizeans Alicia Iretha and Juan […]
While the details of the massacre at sea have been amply described by the survivors, the motive behind the slayings remains shrouded in mystery. Conversations with law enforcement authorities and residents of Punta Gorda have presented a number of possible motives, all of which at this point are based on speculation. What all the theories […]
As if this case was not already complicated enough there is another dimension that will come into play assuming the killers are eventually caught. That is, which country, Belize or Guatemala, will have legal jurisdiction over the case? The easy answer is the country in which the crime was committed, but that may not be […]
It was the high seas equivalent of the Hummingbird Highway hijacking. Only this time there was no holdup–only gunfire. When it was over 5 passengers and the captain of a boat on its way from Puerto Barrios to Punta Gorda were dead, either drowned or shot by 3 gunman. The story unfolded on Tuesday afternoon […]
While the casualties were being counted in Punta Gorda surviving passenger Larry Smith was being operated on at the KHMH in Belize City. The 49-year old Smith, an American by birth and Naturalized Belizean, is a hotel owner in P.G. who has lived in Belize for the last 27 years. He told News Five’s Stewart […]
42-year old Gumerindo Ruiz has been charged with murder in Monday’s killing of his common law wife. Police today confirmed that Ruiz and 29-year old Denigna Salam got into an argument at their home in Alta Vista Village. That quarrel ended with Ruiz chopping Salam to death with a machete. The pair apparently are frequent […]
In a follow up to another crime reported last night, 42-year old Denny Gabourel, a mechanic of Wilson Street in Belize City, has been charged with indecent assault, harm and theft in connection with an incident reported to have occurred in the wee hours of Sunday morning. A 28-year old woman claims that after being […]
An early morning shootout between police and 2 suspected robbers has left the suspects hospitalized. The drama unfolded near the San Ignacio Town hospital around 3:00 Sunday morning. The police were searching the area for two men who had just committed a hold up. As the police entered Hospital Street, they saw their suspects and […]
Today, the Qiang family of Regent Street is trying to catch their breath after they were held up inside their restaurant on Sunday night. Around 9:00, a group of tourists had just left the Ocean Tea Palace at the corner of Dean and Regent streets, when according to the restaurant’s owner, Zhao Hui Qiang, 2 […]
One man has been detained pending the outcome of a rape investigation. Police say a 28-year old woman reported to them that around 3:00 on Sunday morning, she was walking over the Bel-China Bridge, heading towards Vernon Street when a dark green pickup driven by a dark man drove up and offered her a ride. […]
Reports from Stann Creek District are that a woman has been chopped to death by her common law husband. The incident occurred just before noon today in Alta Vista Village. Mircendo Ruiz has been detained by police after he allegedly chopped his common law wife, 30-year old Benigna Salaam, in the head, back and arms […]
When lobster season closes on February 15th it means that not only are fishermen supposed to stop fishing, but the rest of us are also to stop buying, holding and eating the savory crustaceans. To make sure the laws are obeyed the Fisheries Department makes routine inspections of various establishments and Customs Department also keeps […]
