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It has been almost three months that police have been looking for Thirty Five year old Javier Leiva of Corozal and his twenty eight year old brother Othon of Orange Walk. The Leiva brothers were being sought in connection with the shooting death of Enrique Basto last October in what police say was a drug […]
Written on January 14, 1998 | Posted in
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And that gear might be used sooner than they thought. Shortly before five this evening, we received a telephone call informing us that shots were being fired at the Raccoon Street police station. When we arrived on the scene we were told by Head of Traffic Branch ASP Ewart Itza, that his officers had just […]
Written on January 14, 1998 | Posted in
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In other crime news a Belize City store has been burglarized. Hassaram Bushrani, proprietor of Pinky’s store on Orange Street reported to police that sometime late Sunday night or early morning over 7 thousand dollars worth of goods were taken from his shop. Police have detained two suspects and recovered a number of the missing […]
Written on January 13, 1998 | Posted in
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On Sunday morning residents of Cemetery Road near the Pound Yard awoke to a commotion, when a car had collided with a bicyclist. But according to the victim, what at first appeared to be a routine accident, was no accident at all. Patrick Jones, Reporting Twenty year old Aaron Chavez could barely move out of […]
Written on January 12, 1998 | Posted in
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